812 - Germany - Berlin and Potsdam - Nicolai, Friedrich. Description of the Royal Residence Cities of Berlin and Potsdam, All the Notable Sites There, and the Surrounding Area. Third, completely revised edition. Volumes 1–3 and appendix in 3 volumes. With 5 engraved maps and floor plans, each folded multiple times. Berlin, Nicolai, 1786. 20.5 x 13.5 cm. Contemporary leather bindings with 2 spine labels (Volume 3 restored at the upper headband, slightly rubbed).

Germany - Berlin and Potsdam - Nicolai, Friedrich. Description of the Royal Residence Cities of Berlin and Potsdam, All the Notable Sites There, and the Surrounding Area. Third, completely revised edition. Volumes 1–3 and appendix in 3 volumes. With 5 engraved maps and floor plans, each folded multiple times. Berlin, Nicolai, 1786. 20.5 x 13.5 cm. Contemporary leather bindings with 2 spine labels (Volume 3 restored at the upper headband, slightly rubbed). Substantially expanded third edition. - Goedeke IV/1, 500, 10 - Engelmann I, 399. - Berlin-B. 52 - The most important and comprehensive description of Berlin from the time of Frederick the Great, and at the same time one of the major works of the Berlin Enlightenment. Nicolai attracted great attention due to the unsparing candor with which he depicted social, ecclesiastical, economic, and cultural conditions. Including all the city’s streets, squares, and architectural landmarks. - The plates feature city maps of Berlin and Potsdam, a map of the “area around Berlin,” and two floor plans of the Royal Palace in Potsdam. - Volume 3 includes an appendix on the “most distinguished scholars, artists, and musicians currently living in Berlin, Potsdam, and the surrounding area.” - Each title page has two small missing sections that have been filled in; there is some foxing, and the copperplate engravings are mostly browned in the white margins and slightly stained. *