210 - Architecture - Kleiner, Salomon. *Residences Memorables... or an Exact Representation of the Buildings and Gardens of... Eugene François, Duke of Savoy...* A Marvelous Account of the War and Victory Camp of the Incomparable Hero of Our Times, or Actual Views and Illustrations of the Court, Pleasure, and Garden Buildings of His Serene Highness Prince and Lord Eugene Francis, Duke of Savoy. 11 parts in 1 volume. With a title engraving, 11 engraved title pages, each with German and French text, 1 engraved dedication page, and 99 (of 101) double-sheet-sized copper plates, some folded multiple times, by J. A. Corvinus, J. B. Probst, J. G. Thelott, and others, after Salomon Kleiner. Augsburg, Jeremias Wolff’s Heirs, 1731–1740. 32 x 45.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with 2 spine labels and gilt spine.

Architecture - Kleiner, Salomon. *Residences Memorables... or an Exact Representation of the Buildings and Gardens of... Eugene François, Duke of Savoy...* A Marvelous Account of the War and Victory Camp of the Incomparable Hero of Our Times, or Actual Views and Illustrations of the Court, Pleasure, and Garden Buildings of His Serene Highness Prince and Lord Eugene Francis, Duke of Savoy. 11 parts in 1 volume. With a title engraving, 11 engraved title pages, each with German and French text, 1 engraved dedication page, and 99 (of 101) double-sheet-sized copper plates, some folded multiple times, by J. A. Corvinus, J. B. Probst, J. G. Thelott, and others, after Salomon Kleiner. Augsburg, Jeremias Wolff’s Heirs, 1731–1740. 32 x 45.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with 2 spine labels and gilt spine. First edition. - Catalog of the Berlin Collection of Ornamental Engravings II, 2117. - A magnificent collection of views of Belvedere Palace, commissioned by Prince Eugene of Savoy. - “No other palace complex, including its gardens and menagerie, in the German-speaking world has been the subject of such an extensive pictorial representation in over 100 copperplate engravings.” (NDB). - The plates show floor plans, exterior and interior views, interiors, gardens, wrought-iron gates, water features, and more. - Included: The 11th part (1734), which is usually missing and not designated as such, titled: “Illustrations of all foreign animals kept in the menagerie of His Highness the Prince Eugenii Francisci, Duke of Savoy and Piedmont, etc., outside the city of Vienna...". - Plate 9 in Part 9 is missing, as is the 12th (final) plate, numbered "3," in Part 11. - Binding restored, endpapers replaced. Some pages are stained or show finger stains, others have water stains; some plates have tears backed with paper or restored missing sections in the white margin. The copperplate engravings are in strong impressions.