[HAUSLAB, Franz von (1798-1883)]
Lot 96

[HAUSLAB, Franz von (1798-1883)]

Darstellung der K.K. Oesterreichischen Armee mit allen Chargen in XXXVI Heften. Vienna: Joseph Trentsensky, [1823].

Closed13 July 2023

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[HAUSLAB, Franz von (1798-1883)]
Darstellung der K.K. Oesterreichischen Armee mit allen Chargen in XXXVI Heften. Vienna: Joseph Trentsensky, [1823].
Handsome edition, with hand-coloured lithographs of the Austrian army mounted on blue paper. The work was issued in thirty-six parts and features lithography by Franz von Hauslab, a major innovator of chromolithography in cartography and the printing of topographic maps. Some copies also include a separately numbered 24-plate folio supplement that is not present here. Colas 1385; De Ridder 37-39; see J. Mokre, ‘Franz Ritter von Hauslab (1798-1883): A Multifaceted Austrian Representative of the Progress in Cartography in the Nineteenth Century’, in Cartographic Journal 55:2 (2018), pp.138-149; Bobins V, 1578.

2 volumes, quarto (288 x 220mm). Lithographic title with contemporary hand-coloured vignette, lithographic contents leaf, 4 leaves comprising of contemporary hand-coloured lithographic schemas, 36 section leaves, and 205 contemporary hand-coloured lithographic plates, all mounted on blue paper leaves with printed military decoration (toning and light spotting on a few plates, dampstain at end of vol. I affecting about 25 leaves but not images). 19th-century green morocco with sides incorporating printed publisher’s wrappers, spine gilt, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges (light rubbing). Provenance: RK (bookplate).