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SCHOPPE, Julius, Ernst GAERTNER and others. Beschreibung des Festes der Zauber der weissen Rose gegeben in Potsdam am 13. July 1829 zum Geburtstage Ihrer Majestät der Kaiserin von Russland. Berlin: Gropius brothers, [n.d. but 1829].
2 parts in 2 volumes in a single portfolio (as issued), oblong 2° (324 x 470mm. and 287 x 485mm). 13 pp. letterpress text, lithographic title, 2 views on india paper mounted, 8 plates with tinted surround, 1 hand-coloured interior view and 12 hand-coloured views of the procession each heightened with gilt. (Some old dampstaining, left-hand margin of 2 plates a little soiled, 2 plates detached, a few others lightly spotted, some spotting of text.) Stitched in 2 volumes within a single original board portfolio with letterpress title on upper cover, ties.
FIRST EDITION of one of the last of the grand fête-books. It commemorates the series of entertainments given to celebrate the birthday of Alexandra Feodorovna, Empress of Russia, who was then in Berlin on a visit to her father King Frederick William III. The theme was the medieval legend of Blanchfleur, a nickname given to the future empress in childhood. Lipperheide Sbb 31.
2 parts in 2 volumes in a single portfolio (as issued), oblong 2° (324 x 470mm. and 287 x 485mm). 13 pp. letterpress text, lithographic title, 2 views on india paper mounted, 8 plates with tinted surround, 1 hand-coloured interior view and 12 hand-coloured views of the procession each heightened with gilt. (Some old dampstaining, left-hand margin of 2 plates a little soiled, 2 plates detached, a few others lightly spotted, some spotting of text.) Stitched in 2 volumes within a single original board portfolio with letterpress title on upper cover, ties.
FIRST EDITION of one of the last of the grand fête-books. It commemorates the series of entertainments given to celebrate the birthday of Alexandra Feodorovna, Empress of Russia, who was then in Berlin on a visit to her father King Frederick William III. The theme was the medieval legend of Blanchfleur, a nickname given to the future empress in childhood. Lipperheide Sbb 31.