Geschichte des Buches Byzantinische Zellen-Emails A.W. Swenigorodskoi.
by KONDAKOV. - STASSOFF (or STASOV), W(ladimir) W
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St. Petersburg, n.pr., 1898. Gold-enhanced chomolithographic Art Nouveau title in red with ms. presentation, 2 chromolithogr. plates, 3 wood-engraved plates and 1 engraved plate by W. W. Matthé. 272 pp., 1 leaf, VI ff. (plates). Large 4to (310 x 220 mm). Orig. white cloth, richtly decorated and lettered richly in gold and black, colored printed endpapers, all edges decorated in gold and red, with dark red book jacket. In orig. dark red box. St. Petersburg, n.pr., 1898. First German edition limited to 100 copies. This is copy no. 51 with a handwritten presentation to "Herrn Medicinalrath Dr. Grödel". Isidor Maximilian (Mayer) Grödel (1850-1921) was a student of the Munich radiologist G. Rieder, and pioneer in balneaolgy and cardiology. This is Vladimir Vasil'evich Stasov's (1824-1906) rare report on the most elaborate book production of Russia in the 19th century, N. P. Kondakov's monumental publication on Byzantine Enamels (Collection A.V. Zvenigorodskoi). His book appeared in 1892 and is an important document of technological capacity of Russian printing industries. Kondakov's book than cost 120'000 gold roubles by the exchange rate for 1892.- Splendid copy. GREECE; ART; GENERAL & APPLIED ;
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- Hellmut Schumann Antiquariat (CH)
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- Title
- Geschichte des Buches Byzantinische Zellen-Emails A.W. Swenigorodskoi.
- Author
- KONDAKOV. - STASSOFF (or STASOV), W(ladimir) W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- St. Petersburg, n.pr.
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- GREECE; ART; GENERAL & APPLIED ;
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