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Carl Spitzweg
5th February 1808 – 23th September 1885
Carl Spitzweg was born on 5th of February in 1808 in Unterpfaffenhofen, Bavaria. Although trained as a chemist, he discovered quite early his talent for drawing and his affinity with art. Spitzweg travelled extensively during his lifetime and the impressions formed by his travels greatly influenced his work. Shortly after completing his studies in pharmaceutics in 1832, he visited Italy. It was particularly in the cities of Florence, Rome, and Naples that he discovered the many significant works of Western culture which were to leave a permanent imprint on him.
A severe case of dysentery in 1833 strengthened his resolve to abandon his career as a chemist and he proceeded to commit himself solely to his painting. In June 1835, he became a member of the Munich Art Association and travelled that same year to southern Tirol with the landscape painter Eduard Schleich, the Elder.
In 1839 he completed his first painting entitled ''The Poor Poet'. Although this recurring motif would later be considered his most well-known body of work, the painting was not accepted at this time by the jury of the Munich Art Association.
As regards his graphic production, the first publication in 1844 of his own illustrations in the Munich weekly paper 'Fliegende Blätter' is considered quite significant. His visits to the Industrial Exposition in Paris and the World's Fair exhibition in London in 1851 were his first contact with the Oriental scenes which would begin to inform his work.
To the deserving painter were bestowed numerous honours during the second half of Spitzweg's lifetime: in 1865 the Bavarian Royal Merit Order of St. Michael was conferred upon him, and in 1875 he was named an honorary member of the Academy of Fine Arts.
Carl Spitzweg died on 23th of September in 1885 and was entombed in the historic South Cemetery in Munich.
He leaves behind a body of work dedicated to the townspeople who inhibit his genre scenes, and with acute and pointed, but never ill-natured humour he portrays the everday bourgeois life of his time.
Lit: Siegfried Wichmann, Carl Spitzweg. Verzeichnis der Werke, Gemälde und Aquarelle, Stuttgart: Belser, 2002.
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Novus Atlas Sinensis
Cartographer Martino Martini, 1614 - 1661. Publisher Joannes Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1655. 1 flyleaf, 1 title page, 2 unnumbered pages preface, 1 - 213 pages Canton description in Dutch, 17 coloured double page maps (inserted), 10 pages index, pages 1 - 17 Catay, pages 1 - 40 History, 1 page map index. Complete. Original publisher's parchment binding. 53,5 x 36,0 x 5,5 cm. Very good to excellent overall condition, signs of age. Paper only partially slightly browned. Provenance: Copper engraved title with probably Dutch stamp «Noorthheji».
Prachtvolle Erstausgabe des ersten China-Atlas - Novus Atlas Sinensis von Johann Blaeu nach Entwürfen von Martino Martini.
Kartograph Martino Martini, 1614 - 1661.
Verlag Joannes Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1655.
1 Vorsatzblatt, 1 Titelblatt, 2 nn. Blatt Vorwort, 1 - 213 Seiten Kantonbeschreibung in holländischer Sprache, 17 altkolorierte doppelblattgroße Karten mit Kartuschen (zwischengebunden), 10 Blatt Register, Seiten 1 - 17 Catay, Seiten 1 - 40 Historie, 1 Blatt Kartenindex. Der Atlas ist vollständig.
17 wohlerhaltene Karten mit wunderschön kolorierten Kartuschen. Vermutlich Verlagskolorit, in jedem Falle aber Altkolorit. Blattgröße: 62,0 x 52,5 cm, Kartengröße: 46,0 x 39,5 cm.
Kartenverzeichnis der Karten mit den 15 Regionen Chinas: Chinoise (Übersicht), Peking 1, Xansi 2, Xensi 3, Xantung 4, Honan 5, Suchuen 6, Huquang 7, Kiangsi 8, Nanking 9, Chekiang 10, Fokien 11, Quantung 12, Quangsi 13, Queicheu 14, Iunnan 15 und Japon.
Martini war China-Missionar und wurde 1648 zum Superior der Jesuitenresidenz in Hangchow ernannt. Zwei Jahre nach seiner Ernennung reiste er als Prokurator der Jesuitenmission von China in Richtung Rom, um der Inquisition zwei Denkschriften zugunsten der chinesischen Riten (Ahnen- und Konfuzius-Kult) vorzulegen. Während seiner Reise geriet er in holländische Gefangenschaft und erreichte Rom so erst nach vier Jahren. Seine Denkschrift wurde in Rom positiv aufgefasst - den chinesischen Christen wurden die Riten unter bestimmten Voraussetzungen gestattet, was bis 1693 unwidersprochen gültig blieb.
Originaler Verlagseinband aus Pergament mit vergoldeten Deckelbordüren, Vignetten und Rückenbezeichnung. Spanische Kanten. Goldschnitt. Rücken gering bestoßen und insgesamt nur wenig fleckig. Imperialfolio 53,5 x 36,0 x 5,5 cm.
Sehr guter bis ausgezeichneter Gesamtzustand. Papier nur teilweise und dann auch nur leicht gebräunt. Fester Buchblock, kräftiges Papier und kräftiger Druck. Außergewöhnlich schönes Altkolorit der eindrucksvollen Kartuschen. Goldschnitt des Buchblockes altersbedingt stärker berieben.
Provenienz: Kupfertitel mit von uns noch nicht recherchiertem (vermutlich holländischen) Stempel: «Noorthheji».