138 - Knapp

Knapp Memoirs. Descriptions of a Journey to Tyrol and Italy. With 25 pencil drawings and sketches. 33 leaves, 8vo landscape. Contemporary cloth binding with the name “A. Knapp” dated 1851 on a mounted label (binding slightly warped, rubbed, bumped, soiled, and scuffed in places). Travel accounts by a young man from the Knapp family of Stuttgart—possibly a son of the theologian Albert Knapp (1798–1864)—written in his father’s notebook. - “My father allowed me to go on a trip to Tyrol and part of northern Italy with Gantter (i.e., Ludwig Gantter (1815–1876)), my English teacher from the polytechnic School, along with Steinheil and a third person named Fiederer, to take a trip to Tyrol and part of Northern Italy; we set out on Tuesday the 29th, and I meet the aforementioned individuals in Ulm.” - The illustrated views depict, among other places, Stuttgart, Gebhardsberg, the Montfort castle ruins, Schattenburg in Feldkirch, Viamala and the Verlorene Loch (Switzerland), Villa Carlotta, and the church in Prirano. - First and last leaves missing; some waterstains; otherwise generally well preserved. Memoirs. Accounts of a journey to Tyrol and Italy. With 25 pencil drawings and sketches. Contemporary cloth binding with the name “A. Knapp” dated 1851 on a mounted cover label (cover slightly warped, scuffed, bumped, soiled, and chafed in places). - Travel accounts by a young man from the Knapp family of Stuttgart, possibly a son of the theologian Albert Knapp (1798–1864), written in one of his father’s notebooks. - The views and sketches depict, among others, Stuttgart, Gebhardsberg, the ruins of Montfort Castle, Schattenburg in Feldkirch, Viamala and the Verlorene Loch (Switzerland), Villa Carlotta, and the church in Prirano. - The first and last pages are missing; some foxing; otherwise, the notebook is generally well preserved.