1821 Medieval German Architecture Engravings Moller Start Price USD 1,500.00 Current Price USD 1,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 2,500.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, September 04, 2008 End Time Sunday, September 14, 2008 Location NJ See more about '1821 Medieval German Architecture Engravings Moller' Description 1821 Medieval German Architecture Engravings Moller   Click to Enlarge     Description: Denkmaehler der deutschen Baukunst dargestellt von Georg Moller Theil 1 and Theil 2 Two volumes bound together Erster Theil Beiträge zur Kenntnis der deutschen Baukunst des Mittelalters enthaltend eine chronologisch geordnete Reihe von Werken aus dem Zeitraume vom achten bis zum 16. Jahrhundertand Zweiter Theil Die Kirche der heiligen Elisabeth zu Marburg Die Domkirche zu Limburg an der Lahn und die Kirche des heiligen Paulus zu Worms Der Muenster zu Freiburg im Breisgau Zweite Auflage Cloth and boards binding (appears to be late 19th century) with very worn leather spine label. Folio (12” x 17”, 30 cm x 52 cm). Theil 1: Darmstadt : Heyer und Leske, 1821. Two title pages, 47 pages of text, list of plates (2p) plus 72 full page copperplate engravings on thick paper. Theil 2: Leipzig - Darmstadt bei Carl Wilhelm Leske, no date but circa 1828. Title page, 13 pages of text plus 55 full page copperplate engravings (including 7 fold-out plates) Volumes One and Two of Moller’s monumental study of medieval Gothic German architecture – bound together in one folio volume. Volume one is the original edition and volume two is stated to be the 2nd printing. The only date in the book (1821) is on the first title page. The contents of the 2nd volume were published in parts in 1825 and 1828 so it is likely that they were first issued as a unit in the late 1820s. Architectural study of some of Germany's finest Gothic cathedrals and churches. The plates in the second part illustrate plans, views, elevations, interiors and architectural details of St. Elizabeth Church in Marburg, Limburg an der Lahn Cathedral, St Paul’s in Worms, and the the Freiburg Muenster. Georg Moller (1784–1852) German architect. After training under Weinbrenner in Karlsruhe (1802–7), he became in 1810 Director of Architecture for the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, and created a Neo-Classical town-centre in Darmstadt itself. His architecture was austerely impressive: it included many houses (1811–25), the Freemasons' Hall (1817–20), the Court Theatre and Opera House (1818–20), and New Chancellery (1826–31). The RC Ludwigskirche (1820–7—a drum with an internal peristyle of Corinthian columns carrying the dome), the chaste Palace for Prince Carl (1837–41), the Greek Revival mausoleum on the Rosenhöhe (1826–31), the Doric Victory Column (1841–4), and Kasino (1812) were all very fine buildings, but Darmstadt was severely damaged in the 1939–45 war, so his work only survives in part. Outside Darmstadt Moller designed several works of considerable importance, including the Gothic House (1823–4), and the remodelling of the Schloss (Palace or Castle—1825–41), both in Homburg, while at Wiesbaden he rebuilt the Schloss (1837–41—now the Hessischer Landtag (State Parliament of Hesse)). At Mainz the Theatre (1829–33), with its clearly expressed auditorium and blocky fly-tower, was derived from Durand's Précis (1802–5), and was reminiscent of F. Gilly's unexecuted design for a National Theatre for Berlin (1799): with its external arcades the building influenced Semper's celebrated Opera Houses in Dresden. While Moller was one of the greatest of German Neo-Classicists, he was also a pioneering student of medieval architecture. With Boisserée he discovered (1814) the original plans for Cologne Cathedral that were used as the basis of that building's completion. He published Denkmäler der deutschen Baukunst (Monuments of German Architecture—1815–21) which came out in English as Moller's Memorial of German Gothic Architecture (1836), and was of immense importance as a source-book for the Gothic Revival. He was interested in constructional advances, using iron to reconstruct a dome at Mainz Cathedral, and bringing out publications, including Beiträge zu der Lehre von den Construktion (Contribution on the Theory of Construction—1832–44). This volume was formerly in the library of the notable church and theater architect, Paul C. Reilly, whose stamp is on the front endpaper. Paul C. Reilly, 94, Architect And a Catholic Lay Leader Paul C. Reilly, a retired New York and New Jersey architect whose works included the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Newark and the Roman Catholic Church of Our Saviour at Park Avenue and 38th Street in Manhattan, died Saturday at his home in Locust, N. J. He was 94 years old. Mr. Reilly was also closely associated with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York?? He once held the post of architect of St. Patrick's Cathedral. In addition to church architecture, Mr. Reilly designed several Manhattan theaters, including the Capitol, the Rialto, the Rivoli and the Morosco. Mr. Reilly, a native of New York City who later moved to West Orange, N. J., graduated from Columbia University and, early in his career, was chief designer for the former New York City architectural firm of Thomas W. Lamb.The New York Times, September 13, 1984 Condition: The text and all plates are complete with no tears or missing pages. The binding is tight with moderate soil of the cloth, light shelf wear and very heavily worn spine label (most of the title letters are completely eroded.) All of the copper plate engravings are affected to one degree or another by foxing or age spotting. In Part One, the majority (about 46) of the engravings have moderate foxing or spotting while about 24 have light foxing or spotting and two are heavily foxed. In Part Two, about 42 of the engravings have light foxing, 10 are moderately foxed and 3 very lightly foxed. The plate pages have age-browned upper margins. In Part One, the text pages have moderate foxing or spotting, mostly in the margins. In Part Two, the title page and first text page have soil on the upper margins. 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