Stademann. Panorama von Athen. 1841. folio. tan morocco. The Blackmer copy

STADEMANN, FERDINAND

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

Large oblong folio (580 x 680mm.), title printed in blue and black with lithographed vignette of Pallas Athene, dedication to Otto I with lithographed vignette of the Royal Palace, and 10 large lithographed plates by Carl August Lebsché, each with overlay key diagrams printed on tissue, 6 other lithographed views on india paper after L. Lange, engraved general map, list of subscribers, explanatory text printed on 8 leaves in German and French, tan morocco, the upper cover incorporating the original printed wrapper with meander border and owl vignette symbolising Athens, new endpapers, spotting, rubbed

THE BLACKMER COPY. 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 Panorama von Athen was intended as a tribute to both Athens and Otto himself. 

LITERATURE:

Blackmer 1595 (this copy); Weber 1142

PROVENANCE:

Henry M. Blackmer II, his sale in these rooms, 11-13 October, 1989, lot 1014; Bonhams, India and Beyond, Antiquities, Greece and the Near East, 31 March 2009, lot 198, £19,200