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Sammlung von mehreren Musterblättern in verschiedenen lithographischen Kunstmanieren, als Beylage zu Alois Senefelders Lehrbuch des Steindrucks. München, 1818.
Vollständiges Lehrbuch der Steindruckerey...belegt mit den nöthigen Musterblättern, nebst einer vorangehenden ausführlichen Geschichte dieser Kunst
Sammlung von mehreren Musterblättern in verschiedenen lithographischen Kunstmanieren, als Beylage zu Alois Senefelders Lehrbuch des Steindrucks. München, 1818.
Author: Alois Senefelder (German, 1771–1834)
Illustrated by: Anton Falger (German, 1791–after 1855)
Illustrated by: Johann Evangelist Mettenleiter (German, 1792–1870)
Illustrated by: Johann Michael Schramm (German, 1772–1835)
Illustrated by: Clemens Senefelder (German, 1788–1833)
Illustrated by: Electrine Stuntz (German, 1797–1847)
Illustrated by: Leonhard Zertahelly (German, active 1809–1852)
Printer and Publisher: Karl Thienemann (German, 19th century)
Publisher: Karl Gerold (Austrian, 19th century)
Illustrated by: Anton Falger (German, 1791–after 1855)
Illustrated by: Johann Evangelist Mettenleiter (German, 1792–1870)
Illustrated by: Johann Michael Schramm (German, 1772–1835)
Illustrated by: Clemens Senefelder (German, 1788–1833)
Illustrated by: Electrine Stuntz (German, 1797–1847)
Illustrated by: Leonhard Zertahelly (German, active 1809–1852)
Printer and Publisher: Karl Thienemann (German, 19th century)
Publisher: Karl Gerold (Austrian, 19th century)
1818
Place of Publication: Munich, Germany; Place of Publication: Vienna, Austria
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 20 lithographs, one printed in three colors, one with tone, and one hand-colored
Dimensions
Overall: 29.6 x 23.5 x 4.3 cm (11 5/8 x 9 1/4 x 1 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberKBR714
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Munich: Karl Thienemann; Vienna: Karl Gerold, 1818
Catalogue Raisonné
Twyman, Lithography 1800-1850, p. 270
Description(Munich: Karl Thienemann; Vienna: Karl Gerold, 1818) Quarto; xiv pp. [1 f.] 370 pp. [1 f.], plus 20 plates; modern half gilt-stamped brown morocco, marbled paper boards.
Examples of lithography; diagrams of presses. First edition of Senefelder's lengthy first treatise on his invention of lithography, with twenty plates illustrating methods of drawing on stones, plus two diagrams of lithographic printing presses. The illustrations consist of portraits and facsimiles of early printed books, manuscripts, maps, and art works. One plate is printed with a tan tone stone, one is printed in three colors, and one is hand-colored. This copy agrees with one at Harvard, Houghton Library, in which the page sequence skips pp. 73-74 and repeats 97-98.
The plate section, here bound together with the text, has a separate title page, implying that it perhaps was issued separately; MFA owns a copy of the plates only (58.809; lacking the two diagrams of presses).
This volume also contains a number of press clippings laid down at the end of the plates, notably an exchange of articles in the Boston Daily Advertiser of Nov. 8-9, 1871; the second is written by the donor, Sylvester Koehler, the first curator of prints at the MFA, referring to Senefelder's text.
Examples of lithography; diagrams of presses. First edition of Senefelder's lengthy first treatise on his invention of lithography, with twenty plates illustrating methods of drawing on stones, plus two diagrams of lithographic printing presses. The illustrations consist of portraits and facsimiles of early printed books, manuscripts, maps, and art works. One plate is printed with a tan tone stone, one is printed in three colors, and one is hand-colored. This copy agrees with one at Harvard, Houghton Library, in which the page sequence skips pp. 73-74 and repeats 97-98.
The plate section, here bound together with the text, has a separate title page, implying that it perhaps was issued separately; MFA owns a copy of the plates only (58.809; lacking the two diagrams of presses).
This volume also contains a number of press clippings laid down at the end of the plates, notably an exchange of articles in the Boston Daily Advertiser of Nov. 8-9, 1871; the second is written by the donor, Sylvester Koehler, the first curator of prints at the MFA, referring to Senefelder's text.
ProvenanceBy 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; cf. Lugt 1580), Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: October 20, 1898)
NOTE:
Koehler was the first Print Curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited the majority of his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.
NOTE:
Koehler was the first Print Curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited the majority of his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.