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DRÄXLER-MANFRED, Carl Ferdinand (1806-1879; editor). Rheinisches Taschenbuch auf das Jahr 1848. Frankfurt: J.D. Sauerländer, 1847.
8° (158 x 116mm). Additional engraved title, and eight engraved plates including a frontispiece portrait of Kaulbach. (Occasional light browning.) Contemporary dark blue velvet, sides panelled in blind and gilt, gilt edges, printed endpapers; custom blue leather-backed slipcase and chemise (corners lightly rubbed). Provenance: Alexander II of Russia (bookplate; Tsarskoe Selo label; pencilled shelf-mark '53/6') -- Plaza Book Auction, New York (sold, 22 November 1933, lot 101) -- Calvin Bullock (bookplate) -- Christie's, New York (sold, 15 October 1997, part lot 294).
FIRST EDITION ALEXANDER II'S COPY, FROM THE PALACE LIBRARY AT TSARSKOE SELO, IN A VELVET BINDING.
8° (158 x 116mm). Additional engraved title, and eight engraved plates including a frontispiece portrait of Kaulbach. (Occasional light browning.) Contemporary dark blue velvet, sides panelled in blind and gilt, gilt edges, printed endpapers; custom blue leather-backed slipcase and chemise (corners lightly rubbed). Provenance: Alexander II of Russia (bookplate; Tsarskoe Selo label; pencilled shelf-mark '53/6') -- Plaza Book Auction, New York (sold, 22 November 1933, lot 101) -- Calvin Bullock (bookplate) -- Christie's, New York (sold, 15 October 1997, part lot 294).
FIRST EDITION ALEXANDER II'S COPY, FROM THE PALACE LIBRARY AT TSARSKOE SELO, IN A VELVET BINDING.
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