BERGGRUEN, Oskar.- Kronprinz-Album. Vierundzwanzig Blätter aus dem Ihren Kaiserlichen Hohheiten Kronprinz Rudolph und Kronprinzessin Stephanie anlässlich Ihrer Vermählung am 10. Mai 1881 [...].
Estimation :
100 / 120
Adjudication :
130 €
Description
Wien, Gesellschaft für vervielfältigende Kunst, 1883. Gr. in-4° : [6 frontisp. incl.]-iv-38 pp.; 22 (on 24) pl. (pl. 2 & 13 and pp. 15-16 missing, some lvs unbound, text pages slightly yellowed, some foxing, tissue guards soiled). Publisher's binding : brown and black cloth, upper board with gilt and black decorations, flat spine (boards slightly rubbed, corners dulled, spine used, joints partly split). Album to honour crown prince Rudolph and princess Stéphanie, daughter of the Belgian king Leopold II for their marriage in Mai 1881. Illustrated with 1 frontispice and 22 photo-engravings : 3 rare views of Brussels after Rudolphe Alt (the Royal Palace before the laying out of the front gardens, the cenotaph of king Leopold I in Laeken and the Grand Place) next to memory plates such as a hunting party of the crown prince at Langbathsee, a reception party in Laeken and the marketplace in Sarajevo (!). Text in decorative frames.
