Weinbrenner,F.

Architectural Textbook. 13 issues of the series in 9 vols. Tbg., Cotta (later: Karlsruhe u. Baden-Baden, Marx) 1810-24. large fol. with 99 plates in copper engravings a. lithogr. pbde. d. Zt. with mounted plates. Zt. with open. cover title of the OU (8) and opbd. (rubbed and best.). Thieme-B. XXXV, 289. not in the ornamental engraving cat. Bln. - From the rare and completely almost untraceable textbook of the famous architect from Karlsruhe ("Weinbrenner style"). The lithos are incunabula of lithography (not in Winkler). - Existing: Tl. 1, Geometric drawing theory, light and shadow theory. With 6 plates - Second volume, Theory of Light and Shadow. With 8 plates - Tl. 2, Perspectivische Zeichnungslehre (2 volumes). With 9 plates - Practical Perspectival Drawing, 3rd-4th volumes (Drawing of single bodies and shading of the same; Drawing of several bodies connected with each other and shading of the same). With 14 Plates - 5th-6th Book (Tracing of Single Composite Bodies and Forms with Consideration of Architectural Elements and Entire Cornices; Tracing of Entire Prospects According to Measurements Without Transferring Special Geometric Drawings into Perspectival, Together with the Application of Perspective to So-Called Distorted or Dew Pictures). With 21 Plates - 3rd-4th Booklet (On the Order of Columns; On the Use of Columns and the Other Parts to be Proportioned According to Them). With 19 plates - 5th booklet (On the division, arrangement and execution of the buildings). With 5 plates - Part 3, On the Higher Art of Building. With 8 plates - Designs and Additions of Ancient Buildings, first volume. With 9 plates - traces of use.