Trade Catalogue.- Heiligenthal (J.Joseph) Receuil des Dessins d'Ornements d'Architecture de la manufacture de J.Jph. Heiliegenthal à Strasbourg, successeur de M.Beunat, 2 parts in 1, engraved throughout with 2 pictorial titles and 104 plates by Normand fils, A.P.Giraud and others (numbered to 105, first title as plate 1 but second not numbered), light foxing, one or two small marginal tears, contemporary green boards, label label, rubbed, [cf.Berlin Kat. 1387 under Beunat with 72 plates & dated 1812, and 1388 under Heiligenthal with 97 plates & dated 1813], 4to, Strasbourg, [c.1834].
⁂ Scarce trade catalogue of Neoclassical and Empire architectural ornaments to decorate interiors, produced in possibly "carton pierre" (similar to papier maché) or stone mastic, for which Heiligenthal was known. Both Beunat and his successor Heiligenthal traded in Europe and America; McKim, Mead & White had a copy of their catalogue.
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