Description

Staatliche Schlösser und Gärten Potsdam-Sanssouci, [Potsdam], 1973. Hardcover, cloth-covered portfolio; 30, [1] pp. text plus 15 loose color plates (laid-in to folder affixed to rear cover) and 1 park plan; 27 x 38 cm. Text in German. Zusammenstellung und Bearbeitung by Hans-Joachim Giersberg. Includes an extract (Auszug) from "Sanssouci, Potsdam und Umgegend" by C. L. Häberlin gen. Belani (Berlin und Potsdam, Verlag von Ferdinand Riegel, 1855). Druck der Aquarelle Druckkombinat Berlin. Satz und Druck des Textes VEB (K) Buchdruckerei Potsdam. Condition of book: Good. All 15 plates present and complete. Cloth covers show light wear, minor scuffing, and small marks. Some foxing spots to text pages. A handsome portfolio of 14 contemporary watercolors by V. Arnim, Graeb, Hintze, Lompeck, Marohn, and Schirmer depicting the 19th-century buildings in the Park of Sanssouci, plus a park plan by Kohles from 1869. Subjects include Schloss Charlottenhof, the Friedenskirche, the Triumphtor, the Orangerie, the Römische Bäder, the Dampfmaschinenhaus, and the Große Fontäne with Schloss Sanssouci.