KLEINER, Salomon (1703-1761). Vera et accurata delineatio omnium templorum et coenobiorum. Augsburg: Johann Andreas Pfeffel, 1724-1737. 4 parts in one volume, oblong 2° (340 x 485mm). Engraved titles and frontispieces to each part, engraved dedication and address to the reader, 132 engraved plates of which two folding. (Occasional soiling, a few creased plates and a small marginal tear to plate 13 in part IV.) Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine and speckled edges (rubbed, front joint split, tail of spine chipped). Provenance: Emily Mercer, Marchioness of Lansdowne (1819-1895; booklabel)

KLEINER, Salomon (1703-1761). Vera et accurata delineatio omnium templorum et coenobiorum. Augsburg: Johann Andreas Pfeffel, 1724-1737. 4 parts in one volume, oblong 2° (340 x 485mm). Engraved titles and frontispieces to each part, engraved dedication and address to the reader, 132 engraved plates of which two folding. (Occasional soiling, a few creased plates and a small marginal tear to plate 13 in part IV.) Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine and speckled edges (rubbed, front joint split, tail of spine chipped). Provenance: Emily Mercer, Marchioness of Lansdowne (1819-1895; booklabel)

FIRST EDITION OF THE 'FINEST REPRESENTATION OF VIEWS OF VIENNA OF THE 18TH-CENTURY' (Fowler). All of the plates were drawn by Salomon Kleiner and engraved by J.A. Corvinus, G.D. Heüman, H. Sperling, K. Reshardt and others. Fowler 164.