The Wartburg

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Wartburg (Near Eisenach from the South). Wood engraving after a photograph by G. Jagemann in Eisenach. (1886.) 15.3 x 20.3 cm.
Offer no. 6,857 / EUR 46. (c. US$ 64.) + shipping

Wartburg, Court Yard of the. Fountain and figures in the front. Etching by Bernhard Mannfeld (Dresden 1848 – Frankfort on the Main 1925). Ca. 1875. 21.5 x 15.5 cm.

Boetticher 88. – With printer's address erased later. – Published by Alex. Duncker, Berlin, in 1878. – Painterly view in fine brownish tone.
Offer no. 11,346 / EUR 110. (c. US$ 154.) + shipping

For a very charming set of illustrations for a cigar box of a tobacco manufacturer in Hamburg or Bremen see Cigarbox-Design.

Bary, Robert Eduard (1813 Dresden 1875). Wartburg. Part of the court yard. Pencil drawing. Inscribed: Wartburg 7 Octb. (1837). 170 x 215

Thieme-Becker II, 587; Müller von Königswinter, Düsseldorfer Künstler, 42. – Sheet 5 of the 4^th sketchbook, furthermore containing especially works from the Rhine and River Ahr of 1838, the time of his studies at Dusseldorf. – Since 1849 teacher, since 1853 professor at the Dresden academy.
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– – – Details of ruins dominated by pillars. Pencil drawing as above.

Sheet 7 of the sketchbook and most probably belonging to the Wartburg complex, too, guaranteed for sheet 3-5 while the 8^th concerns already Bacharach on the Rhine what will not being suitable.
Offer no. 13,064 / EUR 33. (c. US$ 46.) + shipping

– – – Architectural inside and outside details. Pencil as above. – Sheet 6.
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Showcase Guild Order

by Charles Frederick of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach

Guild Order of Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach etc. (1783-1855), for the damask, twill and other weavers in the guild district of Remda (Stadtremda, Saxony-Weimar). Given Weimar September 19, 1845. Hand-written document on paper. Sm. fol. 6 unnumbered ll., the last white. With

autograph signature by Charles Frederick

and written counter-signature by von Gersdorff as well as paper seal. Contemporary red h. leather portfolio of the time with gilt grand ducal supralibros on the front board and gilt ornamental border with corner pieces, stitched with black-golden cord and sealed.

Detailed Guild Order in execution of the guild act with the articles General Provisions – On the Apprentices – On the Journeymen – On the Guild Masters – On the Official Representatives, the Guild Directors, the Guild Assemblies and the Guild Treasury, explaining and supplementing the guild act in 22 so-called sentences, especially regarding the masterpieces, examination fees, and the sale. – Standing edges slightly pushed, upper corner of the front board ignorably broken, inner boards discolored at the margins, otherwise of fine freshness. – Illustration.
Offer no. 14,762 / EUR 1280. / export price EUR 1216. (c. US$ 1697.) + shipping

“ Thank you very much for your prompt and very cooperative handling of this order. I very much look forward to seeing the map ”

(Mr. D. R.-H., January 26, 2005)