Sale 2496 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, December 13, 2018

311 c   SEDER, ANTON. Das Trier in der Decorativen Kunst. Chromolithographed title, introduction leaf and 29 lithographed plates (26 of which in colors). 2 volumes. Folio, 22 3 / 4 x17 1 / 4 inches, loose in original pictorial board portfolios with cloth ties, spines defective, small chip to lower corner of first board, else only light wear; plates generally very clean with an occasional minor edge flaw. Vienna: Gerlach & Wiedling, [1896-1903] [2,000/3,000] Art Nouveau artist Anton Seder’s rare portfolios containing otherworldly compositions of dragons, lizards, fish, lobsters, birds and other exotic, fanciful and beguiling beasties.