Motive Skizzen aus allen Zweigen der Architectur & Kunstindustrie (Two Volumes in One)

Durlach (Karlsruhe, Germany): Lith. Anstalt von C. Wahl, 1874. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Tall folio. Measures approximately 9" x 14.5". Two volumes in one: lithographic title page, contents page, plates 1-144, plates 1-122. Contemporary quarter leather and marbled paper boards, with a handwritten paper label on the front cover. Ex-library copy with bookplate, pocket, and perforated stamp on every plate. The leather spine is worn, hinges are loose, else a good only sound copy. A very scarce sample book containing 266 full page and folding lithographic plates of architectural motifs, statuary, plans, and related designs, for students in the school of architecture at the technical academy of Karlsruhe, Germany (Grossherzogliche Badische Polytechnische Schule). *OCLC* locates 1 copy in Karlsruhe, and 1 copy in Texas.