Die Architektur der Renaissance in Schweden 1530–1760. 100 Tafeln mit Text
Dresden: Gerhard Küthmann, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Elephant Folio. 132pp., 100 plates in heliogravure. Original three-quarter turquoise cloth portfolio over illustrated gray boards with black lettering on cover. Originally published in five parts this portfolio represents a study and photographic archive of Renaissance architecture in Sweden from 1530–1760 by the architecture historian Gustaf Upmark. After his death on May 29, 1900, publication was continued by his son. The study is profusely illustrated with one hundred and thirty-two in-text illustrations, architectural drawings, plans and b/w photographs, and one hundred plates in full page heliogravure. The work is divided into two major parts, first the early and high Renaissance and the late renaissance. Architecture depicted in this work includes the Gripsholm castle, the Wadstena and the Kalmar castle, Stockholm private buildings, castles of aristocrats, churches in Stockholm and the countryside, tombs, ecclesiastical items and some wood structures. Text in German. Portfolio with some wear. Boards very good but missing bottom and foredge flap, left flap separated but present. Top flap with closed tears but still attached. Text pages with some age-toning along edges. Full page image plates with age-toning along edges, not affecting images. portfolio in fair, text and plates in good+ to very good condition. fair to vg. Item #47498
Price: $350.00