PBA Galleries

[1 (leaf)], 8 pp. + plates. Illustrated with 35 chromolithgraphs (some folding) mounted on heavy stock with separate descriptive letterpress page for each plate, loose in portfolio, as issued. (Elephant folio) 25x19, original decoratively printed boards with blue cloth spine.

Astonishing collection of elaborate chromolithographs of objects in the chapel of the royal castle in Munich. This work was approved by mad Ludwig of Bavaria, and the extensive detail of the plates is indeed dizzying. Objects include reliquaries, ivory carvings, vestments, candelabra, coffers, chalices, etc. Text in German.