Europe - Austria - Pezolt, Georg. Treasures of medieval art from Salzburg and the surrounding area. With engraved title and 39 tinted lithographic plates after drawings by Georg Pezolt. Salzburg, J. Schoen, 1849. 36 pp. 33 x 44 cm. Blind-stamped cloth binding of the period with gilt-stamped cover title. Rare work, the plates show views and works of art of the cathedral, St. Peter, Nonnberg, Hohen-Salzburg, ecclesiastical equipment, Tittmoning, Mauterndorf and Friesach; with the descriptive texts to the plates. - The painter and architect Georg Pezolt (1810-1878) was the first honorary monument conservator in the city of Salzburg. Pezolt's contribution to the preservation of Salzburg's old town and the city's cultural heritage remains undisputed. - Some heavy foxing and browning in places.

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