Architektonische Studienblatter aus Budapest. Eine Sammlung der schönsten Facaden und architektonischen details der in der Neuzeit in Budapest ausgeführten öffentlichen und privaten bauten. Photographische aufnahmen nach der Natur. In Lichtdruck herausgegeben von Hermann Rückwardt Königl. Preussischer und Königl. Bayerischer Hofphotograph und Architect. 60 Tafeln. Erster [Zweiter] Theil

Rückwardt, Hermann

Published by Ch. Claesen & Cie. Buchhandlung für Architektur und Kunstgewerbe, Berlin, 1890

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First edition. Text in German and Hungarian. In two volumes. In publisher's half cloth folder, with printed front panel. 1 [title], 1 [foreword], 30 plates; 1 [title], 30 plates. [= 3 text and 60 photographic plates in 2 volumes.] Plate size: 365 × 490 mm. First edition of this portfolio introducing the contemporary architecture of Budapest on sixty extremely fine photographic plates. The images were captured by Hermann Rückwardt (1845-1919) the most eminent and successful German architectural photographer of his time, and show the highlights of the contemporary public and private buildings of Budapest. After the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, the unsuccessful war for independence and soon after the Reconciliation and the birth of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1867, the two cities Buda and Pest merged with Óbuda and created the metropolis of Budapest which became one of the twin-capitals of Austria-Hungary. The new city with its important role in the Empire needed modern public buildings for the administration, politics, trade, and culture, and private buildings for the emerging plutocracy. The present-day known Classicist, Neo-renaissance and Romantic-styled Budapest with all its famous landmark buildings, such as the Nyugati Railway Terminal, the Chain Bridge, the Opera, the Vigadó Concert Hall, the Neo-renaissance mansions and townhouses on Andrássy Avenue, or the palaces of Pest, were all erected in this era of modernization. On these sixty stunning photographs of Rückwardt's portfolio all these buildings could be seen in their original state, long before the renovations and alterations caused by the devastating destructions of the World War II. . First volume's front and second's rear panel with light staines. Contemporary oval ownership stamp on each volume's title plate. The plates are clean and fresh. Overall in fine condition. In two volumes. In publisher's half cloth folder, with printed front panel First edition. Text in German and Hungarian. Seller Inventory # 1284

Bibliographic Details

Title: Architektonische Studienblatter aus Budapest...

Publisher: Ch. Claesen & Cie. Buchhandlung für Architektur und Kunstgewerbe, Berlin

Publication Date: 1890

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition