Lot no. 164
Family registers Family register of Johann Georg Gross. With 25 magnificent original drawings, hand-coloured engravings and embroideries. Nuremberg, c. 1756. landscape 8°. Richly ornamented cloth with RTitle. Three quires. Gilt edges, decorative paper endpapers. (Traces of age, spine with small defect). Elaborately designed family register of the Nuremberg merchant Johann Georg Gross (1731-1801) with 29 entries from Nuremberg (including Friedrich-August Mayer, Philipp-Heinrich Pestell, Christof Adam Bäumler, Gottfried Beuttner, Johann Christoph Behr, Conrad Heinrich Hofmann, Friedrich Jacob Wendler, Christof August Wolf, JOhann Georg Köstelein), Augsburg (including Joseph Anton Baumann, Paul Paul Köstelein) and Augsburg (including Joseph Anton Baumann, Paul Köstelein).Joseph Anton Baumann, Paulus Martin Möller, Dorothea Möllerin, Maria Jakobine Deller, David Heinrich Roeber von Weinsberg, Johann Martin Winckler), Erlangen (Anna Maria Gross, Katharina Gross, JOhann Wolfgang Gross, Margarethe Gross) and Regensburg (Christian Gottlieb Bayer, Johann Gerhard Engel). The album contains 12 original drawings, 11 hand-coloured engravings and two silk embroideries. The magnificent drawings, often heightened with gold, were predominantly executed in gouache and show three portraits as well as detailed mythological and genre scenes. One of the two fine silk embroideries is elaborately designed with a mounted and hand-painted silhouette. - With enclosed later hs. Register of the entries. - Paper delicately browned in the margins. Only very occasionally with small brown spots. Overall well preserved. Liber Amicorum of Johann Georg Gross. With 25 magnificent original drawings, hand-coloured engravings and embroideries. Richly decorated leather with gilt edges, decorative endpapers. (Traces of age, spine with small defect). - Elaborately designed liber amicorum of the Nuremberg merchant Johann Georg Gross (1731-1801) with 29 entries from Nuremberg, Augsburg, Erlangen and Regensburg. The album contains 12 original drawings, 11 hand-coloured engravings and two silk embroideries. The magnificent drawings, often heightened with gold, were mainly executed in gouache and show mythological and genre scenes in addition to three portraits. One of the two silk embroideries is elaborately decorated with a mounted and hand-painted silhouette. With enclosed handwritten register of the entries. - Paper delicately browned in the margins. Only very few small brown spots. Overall well preserved. * This work is taxed. The hammer price is subject to a 23.95% surcharge and the final invoice amount is subject to 7% (books only) or 19% VAT in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 23.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books only) or 19% VAT on the final invoice amount in the European Union. 7000
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14163 Berlin - Germany
04/27/2024
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