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KLEINER, Salomon (1703-1761). [Représentation des animaux de la ménagerie de S.A.S. Monseigneur le Prince Eugène Franois de Savoye.] Augsburg: heirs of J. Wolff, [1734].
Oblong 2° (347 x 552mm). 12 engraved plates of animals with caption identification by J.G. Thelott, J.B. Probst, and J.A. Friedrich after Salomon Kleiner. (Lacking engraved title, light stains at extreme lower margin of final 3 plates, 2 plates lightly browned). Modern half calf over marbled-paper boards.
A fine, large set of plates, many retaining their deckle edges and with original stab holes at inner margin. Kleiner depicts exotic animals in the exotic garden settings of the Duke of Savoy. Berlin Kat. 2117; Nissen ZBI 2212.
Oblong 2° (347 x 552mm). 12 engraved plates of animals with caption identification by J.G. Thelott, J.B. Probst, and J.A. Friedrich after Salomon Kleiner. (Lacking engraved title, light stains at extreme lower margin of final 3 plates, 2 plates lightly browned). Modern half calf over marbled-paper boards.
A fine, large set of plates, many retaining their deckle edges and with original stab holes at inner margin. Kleiner depicts exotic animals in the exotic garden settings of the Duke of Savoy. Berlin Kat. 2117; Nissen ZBI 2212.