[Artaria. Collection des Vues, Monumens, Costumes & autres objects remarquables de Vienne et de Ses Environs.

41 (instead of 51) hand-coloured etchings. Oblong 8vo, 226 x 170 mm. (With:) Artaria. 4 hand-coloured etchings of Viennese scenes and professions. Ibid., c. 1820. (And:) [Jügel, Charles. Le Rhin Pittoresque. Frankfurt/M., c. 1840]. 37 hand-coloured aquatints, some parts varnished with albumin. Oblong 8vo, c. 165 x 125 mm, mounted on backing paper. Contemp. green half calf with giltstamped spine title "Vienne / Le Rhin" and gilt spine. 4to. Charming collection of views of Biedermeier Vienna and its environs as well as several of the most famous views of the Rhine. The etchings published by Artaria include 19 views of Vienna, 2 of Hietzing, 5 of Schönbrunn, and 3 of Neuwaldegg; 8 show Baden and 4 show Laxenburg castle. Other etchings show woodcutters and pretzel bakers as well as scenes from a coffee house. Jügel's fine views of the Rhine include Bingen, Boppard, Koblenz, Cologne, Mainz, Rüdesheim, the Loreley and St. Goarshausen with Katz and Rheinfels castles, etc. - Occasional slight duststaining, but generally very appealingly preserved, all in vibrant original colour. - Nebehay/Wagner I, 58 (Vienne et environs).