Ferdinand Stademann | Panorama von Athen, Munich, 1841, original boards

Ferdinand Stademann

Panorama von Athen. Munich: Dr. Franz Wild, 1841

Large oblong folio (582 x 698mm.), title, dedication with lithographed vignette, list of subscribers, 8pp. text in German and French, engraved map, 10 large lithographed plates each with lithographed tissue overlay, and 6 other lithographed views mounted, all plates stamped in blind with publisher's stamp, 9 lithographed tissue overlays loosely inserted (duplicating those bound in, lacking no.8), duplicate dedication page loosely inserted, publisher's cloth-backed lithographed grey boards, damp-staining to lower fore-edge of all plates, foxed, some creasing and closed tears, binding worn, duplicate dedication page frayed at edges

The ten large contiguous plates form a magnificent panoramic view of Athens as viewed from the Acropolis, which when joined together would measure 455 x 5800mm. The smaller view of the Acropolis, looking southeast, recalls that in Louis Dupré's Album grèc (c.1825). Stademann, a Bavarian, was a member of the regency which governed Greece during Otto I's minority (1832-1835), holding the office of Secretary of State. The production of the panorama was intended as a tribute to both Athens and Otto himself. 

LITERATURE:

Blackmer 1595

PROVENANCE:

The Loverdos Collection, gilt bookplate and library stamp to rear paste-down