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Proudly
announcing the publication of an important new book
for city
views collectors, libraries and antique print
dealers
Dr. h.c.
Angelika Marsch, who is noted for her engaged scientific
approach when writing about antique prints, has done it
again. Her just released latest publication is on the
stately and impressive
Friedrich
Bernhard Werner (1690-1776).
Werner, an
infatigable traveller and one of the most imposing designers
of european city views, crisscrossed Europe from 1709 to
1737, supplied publishers like Jeremias Wolff heirs, Martin
Engelbrecht, Johann Christian Leopold, Johann Georg Merz and
other mostly Augsburg publishers with his high quality art.
It is foremost Werner, whom we owe thanks for letting us
know what the cities and places really looked like during
the first half of the 18th century.
Werner's
work started out with his illustrated sketch book on
travelles through Silesia, Saxonia, Franconia, Bavaria,
Austria, Bohemia, Marovia and Hungaria. 418 sketches were
the result of his extensive journying. His “Topography of
Silesia" included 1400 views of some 740 places was a
document of the prussian province of Silesia. Werner's
restlesness becomes evident, when Angelika Marsch tells us,
the he created 574 views of 305 German cities, 1596 views of
754 cities in twelve other European contries!
The author,
who dedicated several decades to the research for this book,
considers it her “Lebenswerk" (life oeuvre). Marsch follows
acribically Werner's traces in a multitude of collections,
institutions, libraries. The outcome is none less than
superb! Richly illustrated, the book gives a well structured
insight into Werner's impressive contribution to European
artistic proficiency and leads the reader also into the
world of publishing books on city views during the 18th
century. A highly recommendable book, as scientific and
useful for professionals as it is entertaining to anyone who
lays her or his hands on it.
Measurements:
21 x 29,7 cm.
XXIV and 674
pages
985!!!
illustrations
The price is
Euro 128,00
Anton H.
Konrad Verlag
Schulstrasse
5
89264
Weissenhorn, Germany
Tel:
0049-7309-2657
Fax:
0049-7309-6069
eMail:
info@konrad-verlga.de
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