Lot includes 1) "Plan Général du Château et du Jardin de Vall?ë". TAB 105. 2) "Plan Général du Château de Charlottenbourg et de son Jardin". TAB XXXV. 3) "Plan d'un Jardin, apartenant á Son Altesse Roïale, Madame la Princesse Charlotte Amalie". TAB XLVI. All are steel engravings on wove paper, backed with foamcore. Each page includes a distance key and descriptive title written in German, French and Dutch. Plate impressions measure apprx 18"H x 11-1/4". Lot also includes "Facing Charcoal Making". Plate XXXVIII. Etching on wove paper, matted and backed with foamcore. Page details, in two parts, the charcoal making process. Top shows the 7 steps required to build a pile or clamp, the mounds used to heat the raw material which will then combust to become charcoal. Colliers can be seen at work. Bottom offers a cut-away view of the pile in three diagrams. Image measures 12"H x 7"W.
150/300 Sold $155.25
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