Krüger, Andreas LudwigAntiquités dans la Collection... Lot 802

Krüger, Andreas LudwigAntiquités dans la Collection de Sa Majesté le Roi de Prusse à Sans-Souci. Contenant douze planches d'après les plus beaux bustes demi-bustes ... dessinées et gravées par L. Krüger, à Potsdam. Cahier I / Cahier II. 2 tle. in 1 vol. (=all published). With 24 engraved plates. Berlin, Birnstiel, (1769) and Danzig, Floercke, (1771), respectively. 2 title pp. Folio. Somewhat later hlwd. (rubbed and bumped). Krüger, Andreas Ludwig Antiquités dans la Collection de Sa Majesté le Roi de Prusse à Sans-Souci. Contenant douze planches d'après les plus beaux bustes demi-bustes ... dessinées et gravées par L. Krüger, à Potsdam. Cahier I / Cahier II. 2 tle. in 1 vol. (=all published). With 24 engraved plates. Berlin, Birnstiel, (1769) and Danzig, Floercke, (1771), respectively. 2 title pp. Folio. Somewhat later hlwd. (rubbed and bumped). VD18 11820683. Thieme-B. XXI, 586/587, not in the Berlin Cat. - First title page with unidentified collector's stamp (not in Lugt). - Rare work on the Roman and Greek busts in the collection of Frederick the Great. The second part with additional title: "Douze planches d'après les plus beaux bustes et demi-bustes placées dans la grande galerie des tableaux, autrefois dans la collection de son Eminence Monseign. le feu Cardinal de Polignac à Paris". The plates show busts of Homer, Solon, Socrates, Plato, Epicurus, Hippocrates, Cicero, Virgil, Horace, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Antigonus I Monophthalmos, Antonius Pius, Hadrian, Septimius Severus, Marc Antony. - 2 pp. loose. Book block broken. First plate with paper-related creases. Paper somewhat browned and stained. Fine, wide-margined impression with strong impressions of the plates. 2 parts in 1 vol. (=all published). With 24 engraved plates. Somewhat later half cloth (rubbed and bumped). - First title-page with unidentified collector's stamp (not in Lugt). - Rare work on the Roman and Greek busts in the collection of Frederick the Great. The second part with additional title: see above. The plates show busts of Homer, Solon, Socrates, Plato, Epicurus, Hippocrates, Cicero, Virgil, Horace, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Antigonus I Monophthalmos, Antonius Pius, Hadrian, Septimius Severus, Marc Antony. - 2 fols. loose. First plate with paper-related box pleats. Book block broken. Paper somewhat browned and spotted. Nice and wide-margined impression with strong prints of the plates. This work is taxed. The hammer price is subject to a 23.95% surcharge and the final invoice amount is subject to 7% (books) or 19% VAT in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 23.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books) or 19% VAT on the final invoice amount in the European Union.