Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
Vienna: Verlag Herold, 1956. Hardcover. 347, [1] p., frontispiece and 224 p. of illustrations and plans; 30 cm. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Bookseller's label on back fixed endpaper for Wittenborn Art Books, New York. Entirely in German. Austrian architect, sculptor, and architectural historian Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656-1723) wrote one of the first comparative studies of world architecture, A Plan of Civil and Historical Architecture, published in 1721. He designed Schönbrunn Palace and Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (the Austrian National Library) in Vienna, among many other works. A heavy book; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority international. In Very Good+ Condition: cover is lightly soiled and rubbed; ends of spine starting to fray; pages and illustrations are clean and tight. Very Good +. Item #009918
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