Darstellung und Geschichte des Geschmacks der vorzüglichsten Völker in Beziehung auf die innere Auszierung der Zimmer und auf die Baukunst
By: von Joseph Friedrich Freyherrn zu Racknitz ...
Contributors: Schuricht, Christian Friedrich, 1753-1832; Veith, Philipp, 1768-1837; Darnstedt, Johann Adolph, 1769-1844; Schmidt, Johann Gottfried, 1764-1803; Seyfert, Johann Gottlieb, 1761-1824; Göschen, Georg Joachim, 1752-1828
Publisher: Bey Georg Joachim Göschen
Published: 1796
Place of publication: Leipzig
Language: ger
Subjects: Architectural Decoration and ornament; Early works to 1800; Decoration and ornament; Interior decoration
Notes: Vol. 1 includes frontispiece engraved by P. Veith and title vignette engraved by J.G. Seyfert.

Divided into 24 separately paged sections, each describing 2 plates contained in the atlas. Each section begins and ends with an illustration.

Vols. 2-4 each have half title only.

Some engravings (v. 3-4) dated 1797 or 1798.

Engravings by P. Veith, J.G. Schmidt, J.G. Seyfert, J.A. Darnstedt and several others, all after F. Schuricht. Atlas contains 48 hand-colored copper plates.

Rümann, A.  Die illustrierten deutschen Bücher des 18. Jahrhunderts, 887

All vols. bound in red goatskin; gilt rules on front and rear boards; all edges gilt; spines tooled in gilt with brief title.