first edition Hardcover
1959 · Wien
by Grimschitz, Bruno
Wien: Verlag Herold, 1959. First. Hardcover. VG (Clean, bright, tight; personal bookplate of Paul/Gabriele Geier on FEP (lightly wrinkled), and Paul Geier's name in pencil on FFEP). DJ chipped at edges, lightly soiled on white part of back, and with a small piece torn away from very top front edge.. Navy cloth/boards; gilt lettering. Bw illustrated dj with red lettering. 252 pp. text; 252 bw plates. Text in German. Written in 7 main sections: I. Der Mensch (Der Baumeister, Die Bauherren, Der Künstlerkreis); II. Das Werk (Die Bauten, Die Zeichnungen, Die Baukunst Hildebrandts); III. Das Erbe (Hildebrandt in seiner Zeit; Hildebrandts Erbe); IV. Anmerkungen; V. Dokumente; VI. Literatur; VII. Verzeichnis der Abbildungen; VIII. Personen- und Ortsregister. Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt was an Austrian Baroque architect and a designer of stately buildings and churches. His work had a profound influence on the architecture of the 18th-century Habsburg Empire (Schloss Belvedere and Die Hofburg in Vienna; Schloss Mirabell in Salzburg; etc.). This particular volume was once owned by art donors Paul and Gabriele Geier. Paul Geier was with the US Embassy in Rome, where he and Gabriele became good friends with Bernard Berenson, owner of Villa I Tatti, which later became Harvard University's international center for research and scholarship in art history. The villa is renowned for its library, for which many of the funds were donated by the Geiers.
(Inventory #: 154869)