Vera et Accurata Delineatio Omnium Templorum et Coenobiorum Quæ tam in Cæsarea Urbe ac Sede Vienna Austri, quam in circumiacentibus Suburbiis eius reperiuntur. Ubi non minus aliquot Principum ac Comitum, ut et alia splendida ædificia ad Oblectationem Spectatorum indigitata, Ad vivum ibi designata per Salomonem Kleiner, Architectur Cultorem ... Wahrhaffte und genaue Abbildung Aller Kirchen und Klster, Welche sowohl in der Keysserl: Residenz- Statt Wien, als auch in denen unliegenden Vorsttten sich befinden. Wobey nicht weniger Theils frstl. theils Grftl: und andere schne Gebude denen Kiebhabern fur Belustigung vorgestellet seyn. Daselbst nach dem Leben gezeichnet Von Salomon Kleiner, Architectur Cult.
Excusa et edita, à Iohanne Andrea Pfeffel, S. Cs. Maj. Chalcographo Aulico, Augustæ Vindelicorum: Anno MDCCXXIV. (-MDCCXXXVII.) Cum Priv. Sacræ Cæsar. Majestatis.
Physical Description
4 vols.; 475 mm. (Broadsheet)
General Note
Vol. I: [3], 33 pl. (pl.1 dble.). - Vol. II: [4], 33 pl. (1 fold.). In the Royal Academy's copy pl. 1-33 are not numbered; and three additional unnumbered plates have been inserted at the end.(2 dble.) - Vol. III: [2], 33 pl. - Vol. IV: [2], 33 pl.
In Volumes I and II all plates are signed as drawn by Salomon Kleiner, apart from one signed as drawn by R.B. Belau (v. I: [3]), one signed as drawn by I.A. Thelot (v.II: [2]), and a few which carry no draughtsman's signature (v.I: [1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 22, 23, and v.II: [1, 3, 4, 25, 38-40]). All are signed as engraved by G.D. Heümann or I.A. Corvinus, apart from four signed as engraved by Hieronymus Sperling (v.I: [15, 17, 35]; v.II: [2]), and a few which are unsigned ( v.I: [1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 22, 23]; v.II: [1, 3, 4, 25, 39, 40]).
Volume I is dedicated by the printer and publisher I.A. Pfeffel to the Archbishop of Vienna, Prince Sigismund De Kollonits; Volume II by Pfeffel to Joseph Carol Loisellius and Joseph Hartmann.
[Volumes III, IV, missing from the FRoyal Academy's set, have not been examined.]
References
National Gallery (Washington), Mark J. Millard Architectural, 3 (1998), 48; I. Nebehay and R. Wagner, Biblioographie altösterreichischer Ansichtenwerk (1981-91), 306; Johns Hopkins University, The Fowler Architectural Collection (1961), no. 164, p.134-5.
Summary Note
The second part (1725) has the title, 'Vera Et Accurata Delineatio tam Residentiæ et Secessuum Cæsareorum quam variorum ad Principes et Comites spectantium,... partim in Cæsarea Sede Vienna, partim in adiacentibus Suburbiis ... designata per Salomonem Kleiner ... Pars Secunda ...'.
Apart from the opening engraved texts, the plates of Volumes I and II are all perspective views, without plans or sections. Those of Volume I show churches and monasteries; those of Volume II show palaces, houses and squares. All are captioned in Latin and Geman, apart from the last two (double) plates of Volume II.
Provenance
Acquired by 1802. Recorded in A Catalogue Of The Library In The Royal Academy, London (1802).
Copy Note
Imperfect; lacks Volumes III and IV.
Binding Note
20th-century half red morocco, red cloth-covered boards; red morocco spine-label lettered 'Abrisze Von Wien', spine lettered 'R.A.' Bound with Anfang Einiger Vorstellungen der Vornehmsten Gebäude.
Subject
Architecture, Austrian - Churches - Monasteries - Houses - Palaces - Squares (open spaces) - Country houses - Austria - Vienna - History
Views - Austria - 18th century
Pictorial works - Austria - 18th century