Zeichnungen aus der schönen Baukunst oder Darstellung idealischer und ausgefürter gebäude mit ihren Grund- und Aufrissen auf 115 Kupfertafeln : mit nöthigen Erklärungen und einer Abhandlung über die Schönheit in der Baukunst /
Stieglitz, C. L.(Christian Ludwig),1756-1836.
Ogilvie, James,Earl of Seafield,1750-1811.
Fechenbach, Georg Karl von,1749-1808,former owner.StEdNL
Leipzig : Bey Georg Voss,
1805.
Originally published in French with title:  Plans et dessins tirés de la belle architecture.
The collection of engravings was originally compiled by James Ogilvy, 7th Earl of Findlater and Seafield (1750-1811). The plates of existing buildings, including a number of British buildings (amongst them James MacPherson's former home Belleville House, Inverness-shire) were presumably taken from prints and drawings in Findlater's own collection. The plates for proposed designs appear to be Ogilvy's own work. The importance of this work lies in the significant role it played in introducing neo-classical architecture in the style of Robert and James Adam to Germany.
Bookplate on the front pastedown of "G. C. v. Fechenbach".
Contemporary German calf binding, specially bound for Georg Karl von Fechenbach (1749-1808), the last Prince-Bishop of Würzburg. It was formerly in the Fechenbach family library, part of which was auctioned off in 2005.
Architecture