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Radirungen. 178 Platten.
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Ferdinand Kobell (German, 1740–1799)
Preface by: Franz Kugler (German, 1808–1858)
Publisher: Carl Mayer (German, 1798–1868)
Preface by: Franz Kugler (German, 1808–1858)
Publisher: Carl Mayer (German, 1798–1868)
after 1841
Place of Publication: Nuremberg, Germany
Medium/Technique
Bound set of 178 etchings.
Dimensions
Overall: 40.5 x 31.3 x 2.8 cm (15 15/16 x 12 5/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK4863.1
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CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints – Bound sets
Nuremberg: Carl Mayer's Kunstanstalt [after 1841]
Description(Nuremberg: Carl Mayer's Kunstanstalt, [after 1841]); folio; 8 pp., plus plates; contemporary half gilt- and blind-stamped red morocco, dark green embossed cloth boards.
Bound set of 178 etchings by Kobell, often printed more than one to a sheet (on the rectos only), with a preface by Kugler. This compilation was first issued by a Stuttgart publisher, Karl Goepel, in 1841; the Goepel title page of this volume has been pasted over with Mayer's imprint.
Bound set of 178 etchings by Kobell, often printed more than one to a sheet (on the rectos only), with a preface by Kugler. This compilation was first issued by a Stuttgart publisher, Karl Goepel, in 1841; the Goepel title page of this volume has been pasted over with Mayer's imprint.
ProvenanceSylvester Rosa Koehler, Boston (1837-1900, first curator of prints at MFA), by whom given to MFA, October 20, 1898.