Austrian Army
Vienna, 1823
[HAUSLAB, Franz von (1798-1883).] Darstellung der K.K. Oesterreichischen Armee mit allen Chargen in XXXVI Heften. Vienna: Joseph Trentsensky, [1823].

Handsome edition, with hand-colored lithographs of the Austrian army mounted on blue paper. The work was issued in thirty-six parts and features lithography by Franz von Hauslab, an major innovator of chromolithography in cartography and the printing of topographic maps. Some copies also include a separately numbered 24-plate folio supplement that is not present here. Colas 1385; De Ridder 37-39; see J. Mokre, "Franz Ritter von Hauslab (1798–1883): A Multifaceted Austrian Representative of the Progress in Cartography in the Nineteenth Century," in Cartographic Journal 55:2 (2018), pp. 138-149.

Two volumes, quarto (288 x 220mm). Lithographed title with hand-colored vignette, lithographed contents leaf, 4 leaves hand-colored lithographed schemas, 36 section leaves, and 205 hand-colored lithograph plates, all mounted on blue paper leaves (toning and light spotting on a few plates; dampstain at end of vol. I affecting about 25 leaves but not images). 19th-century green morocco, spine gilt, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt, with boards incorporating printed publisher’s wrappers (light rubbing). Provenance: “RK” (bookplate).