Chromolithographies

1887 · 54443 — Leipzig: Verlag von J.G. Bach 1887. Thick 4to. 12.5 x 10 in. 166 pp. Ornamental decorated title in red & gilt 90 colour chromolithograph plates. Recent half-cloth binding over marbled boards gilt lettering on spine very minor chipping to corner of illustrated title former ownership initials at foot of title page still a VG copy. Second edition revised & expanded over the original containing stunning chromolithograph plates of Germanic folk costumes executed by this costume designer during his travels through the territories of the Reichsland from 1864 throught 1870. He has included samples of Bavarian Bohemian Brandenburg Tyrolian and many other regions of Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the Victorian Age. Kretschmer 1825-1891 studied art at the Prussian Academy of Art was renowned for his detailed drawings and watercolour paintings of traditional German costumes and was the costume designer for the Konzerthaus Berlin. Verlag von J.G. Bach, hardcover