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PFEIFFER, F. J. Jr;
Tooneel decoratief, voorgesteld in op steen geteekende platen door F.J. Pfeiffer Jr., in leven tooneelschilder en decorateur van den Amsterdamschen Schouwburg; benevens zijn portret. Mitsgaders toepasselijke dichterlijke bijschriften van Mr. J. van Lennep, en eene levensschets, vervaardigd door G. van Enst Koning.
Amsterdam C. Weddepohl 1845
Reference : 3421
First edition. Original hardback brown cloth covered boards, with a decorative gilt-blocked lyre to both front and back boards. All edges gilt. Each of the nine colour plates with its own tissue guard. Corners of boards rubbed and slight sun fading to boards. Hinge slightly weak but holding. (This has been reinforced with archival tape to the inside rear hinge). Text in Dutch. 350 x 270 mm (13Ÿ x 10Ÿ inches). Rare publication of theater decorations by the Dutch artist François-Joseph PfeifferJr. (Liège 1778-1835). Illustrated with 9 lithograph plates (including portrait) with facing tissue guards. With accompanying letter-press text within red ornamental borders. Contains a biography by Gerit van Ernst Koning (1794-1853), and verse descriptions by J. van Lennep (1802-1868). It also includes a short list of theater scenes created by Pfeiffer.
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PFEIFFER François Joseph junior - Jakob van LENNEP - Gerrit van ENST KONING :
Reference : 40520
"Tooneel decoratief, voorgesteld in op steen geteekende platen door F.J. Pfeiffer Jr., in leven tooneelschilder en decorateur van den Amsterdamschen Schouwburg; benevens zijn portret. Mitsgaders toepasselijke dichterlijke bijschriften van Mr. J. van Lennep, en eene levensschets, vervaardigd door G. van Enst Koning."
14. Amsterdam, Coenraad Weddepohl, 1845, in-folio, 34 x 25,5 cm, (4)nn pp + 10 pp + 9 lithographic plates ( 1 portrait and 8 stage designs ) each plate accompanied with a poem printed on the opposite page within a red typographical border. All plates with a serpent guard leaf. Original publisher's brown cloth with as a supra-libro on both sides a large gilt lyre . Fine copy notwithstanding a slightly faded cloth. Very fine interior. First and only edition of this important source for the history of Dutch stage design, published as a memorial to the costume and stage designer François Joseph Pfeiffer. Text in Dutch. Boek in het Nederlands.
