Denkmaehler Der Deutschen Baukunst Dargestellt Von Georg Moller. Iter Theil.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
05/372
Author
Variant Title
Beiträge zur Kentniss der deutschen Baukunst der Mittelalters
Imprint
Darmstadt,: Bei Heyer Und Leske., (1821.)
Physical Description
[4], 47, [3] p., 72 pl.; 466 mm. (Folio.)
General Note
Some copies have some of the plates unnumbered (as they all had been when first issued, 1815 onwards).
Contents
[Half-t., t.p.] - Einleitung - [Text] - Erklärung Der Kupfertafeln Nach Chronologischer Ordnung - Verzeichniss Der Kupfertafeln - [Plates].
Responsibility Note
Many plates are signed by their engravers - F. Lehmann, Susemihl, C. Susemihl, W. Noack, G.J. Felsing Jun., L. Schnell, H. Felsing.
References
RIBA, Early printed, 3 (1999), no.2164, p.1158.
M. Frölich and H.-G. Sperlich, Georg Moller (1959); W.D. Robson-Scott, The literary background of the Gothic Revival in Germany (1965).
M. Frölich and H.-G. Sperlich, Georg Moller (1959); W.D. Robson-Scott, The literary background of the Gothic Revival in Germany (1965).
Summary Note
A title variant is given in the half-title: 'Beiträge zur Kentniss der deutschen baukunst des Mittelalters, enthaltend eine chronologisch geordnete Reihe von Werken, aus dem Zeitraume vom achten bis zum sechszehnten Jahrhundert von Dr. Georg Moller Grossherzoglich Hessischen Ober-Baurathe, des Grossherzoglichen Verdienstordens Ritter und Mitgliede der Königlich Presussischen Akademie der Künste zu Berlin. - Darmstadt, bei Heyer und Leske. 1821.'
The work was first issued in twelve parts from 1815, with the plates unnumbered.
Translations were later issued in French (undated) and English (1824) (An essay on the origin and progress of Gothic architecture...).
The work was first issued in twelve parts from 1815, with the plates unnumbered.
Translations were later issued in French (undated) and English (1824) (An essay on the origin and progress of Gothic architecture...).
Provenance
Purchased for £7 12s. on 30 April 1823 from Black & Co. (RA Council Minutes VI, 358).
Binding Note
19th-century blue papered boards, upper cover lettered 'Denkmaehler Der Deutschen baukunst Dargestellt Von Georg Moller. Iter Theil. Dramstadt, Bei Heyer Und Leske'; spine lettered 'Moller's Denkmähler der deutschen baukunst. Ir Band.'
Subject
Architecture - Germany - History - Romanesque - Gothic
Art history - Views - Plans - Sections - Elevations - Germany - 19th century
Pictorial works - Germany - 19th century
Art history - Views - Plans - Sections - Elevations - Germany - 19th century
Pictorial works - Germany - 19th century
Contributors
Friedrich Leonhard Lehmann, engraver
Johann Conrad Susemihl, engraver
Wilhelm Noack, engraver
Ludwig Friedrich Schnell, engraver
Georg Jacob Felsing, engraver
Johann Heinrich Felsing, engraver
C.W. Leske, publisher
Heyer und Leske, publisher
Johann Conrad Susemihl, engraver
Wilhelm Noack, engraver
Ludwig Friedrich Schnell, engraver
Georg Jacob Felsing, engraver
Johann Heinrich Felsing, engraver
C.W. Leske, publisher
Heyer und Leske, publisher
