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Ausgewahlte Kunstwerke aus dem Schatze der Reichen Capelle in der Koeniglichen Residenz zu Munchen. Herausgegeben mit Genehmigung Sr. Majestat des Koenigs Ludwig II. von Bayern

Zettler, Franz Xaver, L. Enzler & J. Stockbauer (editors)

Munich. Verlag von F. X. Zettler. 1876
Fine collection of colour lithograph plates reproducing a rich collection of gold, silver and jewelled religious artefacts in the collection of Ludwig II in Munich. The objects range from a Byzantine crucifix to chests, door handles, stained glass, and various reliquary altarpieces of the 15th and 16th centuries. The introductory text provides a list of goldsmiths active during the 16th and 17th centuries.

The fine lithograph plates were all printed by Bruckner & Co.
Title page, introduction (4 leaves) & 40 mounted chromolithograph plates, some folded, each with its own sheet of descriptive text. Large folio. Loose as issued in publisher's boards.
#17947

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