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LEITNER, Quirin von (1834-1893)
Die Waffensammlung des Österreichischen Kaiserhauses im K.K. Artillerie-Arsenal-Museum in Wien
Vienna: verlag von H. Martin, 1866-70. Folio (20 3/4 x 14 inches). Title and text in red and black. Chromolithographic frontispiece, and 68 lithographic plates (12 chromolithographs, 28 tinted lithographs, 28 single colour lithographs printed on india paper mounted) after J.G. Fahrnbauer, C. Poschinger, J. Schönberg, Schuhmann and J. Wopalensky. Contemporary green morocco gilt, covers elaborately panelled in gilt with fillets, dog-tooth and other decorative rolls, with centrally-placed royal coronet, with 'Arthur / 1. May. 1872' beneath, spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second and dated at the foot of the spine, the others with repeat decoration of panelling surrounding a large central tool, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges, marbled endpapers. Provenance: His Royal Highness The Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942, binding).
A very fine copy of this beautifully produced work: a birthday present to Queen Victoria's third son.
This lavish work records the highlights from the Austrian Royal collection of weapons and armour, then housed in the royal 'Artillerie-Arsenal-Museum' in Vienna. The plates are of the highest quality, and are bound in a strictly contemporary binding of similar quality. The provenance of this copy is particularly interesting. It was given as a 22nd-birthday present to H.R.H. The Prince Arthur (later The Duke of Connaught,) possibly by his eldest sister Victoria, the German Crown Princess, whom he visited in 1872. The subject of the book was particularly appropriate at the time, as Prince Arthur had embarked on a career as a soldier in 1866, and after a long and distinguished career he achieved the rank of Field Marshall in June 1902. In the area of public service he fulfilled a number of important roles, culminating in his term as Governor General of Canada from 1911 to 1916.
OCLC 23575861 & 39506859
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#19038 $5,750.00 
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© 2002-2005 Donald A. Heald
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