Sale: 348 / Rare Books, Nov. 17./18. 2008 in Hamburg Lot 26

 
Ernst Reventlow-Farve - Festgabe... deutscher Land- und Forstwirtschaft, 1847.


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Ernst Reventlow-Farve
Festgabe... deutscher Land- und Forstwirtschaft, 1847.
Estimate:
€ 500 / $ 540
Sold:
€ 900 / $ 972

(incl. surcharge)
Reventlow-Farve, E. und H. A. von Warnstedt, Beiträge zur land- und forstwirthschaftlichen Statistik (Festgabe für die Mitglieder der eilften Versammlung Deutscher Land- und Forstwirthe). With colour lithogr. and coloured armorial title, 27 (18 coloured) lithogr. plates, 1 coloured lithogr. folding map and 1 added honour medal in a velvet pouch. Altona 1847. Contemp. red morocco binding, richly giltstamped on spine and front board, gilt edges and silk endpapers. Large 8vo. 4 ll., 320 pp.
Mantel II, 207. - Cat. Schleswig-Holstein I, 639. - First edition. - Complete and better copy of the gift in a fine calf binding and with a medal of honour (copper, diameter ca. 5 cm) with small views of Kiel. The plates in colours show various types of horses, cows and sheep from Schleswig-Holstein, the other plates show six types of farmer cottages, among them the Eiderstedter Haubarg, and three views of oak trees and a beech-tree, drawn by B. von Warnecke, lithographed by Speckter in Hamburg. The often lacking folding map Geognostische Karte der Herzogthümer Schleswig und Holstein (lithogr. by H. Delius, Berlin) attached, also with a small postcard printed on both sides, with small lithogr. map of Schleswig-Holstein with railway lines and and a small view of Kiel above, the reverse with footprints of the festival hall. - Somewhat evenly browned, plates somewhat foxed in places, map with 2 small tears in the folding, printing title with small heraldic owner's stamp. Edges and joints with few small rubbed spots.
First edition. Complete and better copy. Lithogr. title, printed in col. and finished by hand, 27 (18 col.) lithogr. plates and 1 col. folding lithogr. map. Attached a medal for the participents of the conference. Contemp. red morocco with gilt decoration and gilt edges.- Evenly browned, plates partly somewhat foxing, maps with two small tears to folds, print title with small heraldic ownerstamp. Edges and joints only here and there scraped.




26
Ernst Reventlow-Farve
Festgabe... deutscher Land- und Forstwirtschaft, 1847.
Estimate:
€ 500 / $ 540
Sold:
€ 900 / $ 972

(incl. surcharge)