first edition
1827 · Mailand [Milan]
by (GYMNASTICS). YOUNG, EDUARD JOHANN, Editor
Mailand [Milan]: Kaiserl. königl. Buchdruckerey, 1827. First Edition in German. A Large Paper Copy. 246 x 160 mm. (9 3/4 x 6 1/4"). xvi, 327 pp. Translated from the Italian by S. Poschacher.
Unusual contemporary red straight-grain morocco decorated in gilt and blind, covers with gilt Greek key frame, large blind-stamped centerpiece of cathedral design, flat spine divided into compartments by decorative gilt rolls, botanical centerpiece, gilt titling, gilt-rolled turn-ins, edges untrimmed. With engraved frontispiece and title page, and 22 FOLDING ENGRAVED PLATES, as called for. ◆Extremities just slightly rubbed, front board with shallow three-inch (truncated)
Unusual contemporary red straight-grain morocco decorated in gilt and blind, covers with gilt Greek key frame, large blind-stamped centerpiece of cathedral design, flat spine divided into compartments by decorative gilt rolls, botanical centerpiece, gilt titling, gilt-rolled turn-ins, edges untrimmed. With engraved frontispiece and title page, and 22 FOLDING ENGRAVED PLATES, as called for. ◆Extremities just slightly rubbed, front board with shallow three-inch (truncated)