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FAUST. Auer, Alois; editor. Faust. Poligrafisch-illustrierte Zeitschrift für Kunst, Wissenschaft, Industrie und geselliges Leben. The first 6 volumes (of 8). Illustrated with hundreds of chromolithographs (several folding), woodcuts, etchings, engravings, mezzotints, original early photographic salt prints and nature prints (Naturselbstdrucke). Folio, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards or cloth, scuffed and rubbed; edges trimmed and marbled, some contents a bit shaken, scattered foxing and occasional soiling. Nebehay-Wagner 935; Fischer (Naturselbstdruck) S. 205; Wurzbach I, 85. Vienna, 1854-59
the early, important compendium of printing methods and techniques. Early salt prints include St. Stephan's Cathedral and Tower, Venice, a microscopic image of a Fohren-Spinne larvae, magnified 3000 x and 3 magnified insect wings, by Ernst Heeger. The nature prints show lace ribbons and collar, sea plants, branches, and leaves (some using a book press), and a bat with open wings; the chromolithographs are single, double-page, and folding, featuring landscapes, genre scenes, nautical, medallions, flora and fauna, book illustration, and others.
