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Acrobats. 20 colore. Lithographs of mostly renowned artists of the time.
Nuremberg, Buchner, circa 1830. Transverse 4°. [20] Bll. Stapled
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Two illustrations each on a double sheet, unprinted on verso. Extremely rare set without complete title, but all 20 illustrations inscribed; 5 of the 10 double sheets with the indication "at Buchner in Nuremberg". - You can see the famous artistic riders Ferdinand and Louis Tourniaire, Wilhelm Salamonsky and Mrs. and Mr. Ghelia, as well as some artists with stage names or anonymous tamers. - The artist and lithographer Georg Paul Buchner (1779-1833), who had been licensed as a lithographer and map dealer since 1816, produced the lithographs he distributed mostly from his own drawings; "later Buchner illustrated current local events such as royal visits, military exercises, theatre performances, horse racing and criminal cases. ... The rarity of surviving prints, together with stylistic and qualitative fluctuations, make it difficult to compile and divide his own works and lithographs by other draughtsmen that he has only published. ... After his death his company traded under the name of G. P. Buchner's widow and sons" (Grieb, Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon, I, 196). - One sheet with backed tear, more heavily browned, waterstained, stained. - Uncircumcised.
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CIRCUS -
Acrobats. 20 colore. Lithographs of mostly renowned artists of the time.
Nuremberg, Buchner, circa 1830. Transverse 4°. [20] Bll. Stapled
.
Two illustrations each on a double sheet, unprinted on verso. Extremely rare set without complete title, but all 20 illustrations inscribed; 5 of the 10 double sheets with the indication "at Buchner in Nuremberg". - You can see the famous artistic riders Ferdinand and Louis Tourniaire, Wilhelm Salamonsky and Mrs. and Mr. Ghelia, as well as some artists with stage names or anonymous tamers. - The artist and lithographer Georg Paul Buchner (1779-1833), who had been licensed as a lithographer and map dealer since 1816, produced the lithographs he distributed mostly from his own drawings; "later Buchner illustrated current local events such as royal visits, military exercises, theatre performances, horse racing and criminal cases. ... The rarity of surviving prints, together with stylistic and qualitative fluctuations, make it difficult to compile and divide his own works and lithographs by other draughtsmen that he has only published. ... After his death his company traded under the name of G. P. Buchner's widow and sons" (Grieb, Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon, I, 196). - One sheet with backed tear, more heavily browned, waterstained, stained. - Uncircumcised.
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