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Box sheet 1
Prospectus sheet with a view of the Danish kings' summer residence, Frederiksberg Castle, with its garden. View from the cavalier's perspective of a part of the garden that rises towards the back over several terraces and the castle in the background. In the foreground one sees several small cabinets, which are adjoined by a parterre with a large basin. Depictions of the royal crown are worked into the broderies. Behind it follows a cascade that connects the garden with the higher castle. In the garden there are numerous staffage figures in Baroque fashion, including a gardener with a spade. At the bottom are the Latin, French, Italian and German titles. In the lower right corner is the address of the Augsburg publisher Georg Balthasar Probst (1732-1801). In the lower left corner is the publisher's series number: 73. In the upper right corner is the publisher's serial number: 297. From a series with four views of Copenhagen. From Kapf 92. The sheet is one of the publisher's rare peep show sheets.
box sheet 2
Prospectus sheet with a view of a baroque stage set for an opera or a play on the subject of Oedipus. In the foreground you can see three actors in the center of a columned hall of a palace, constructed according to a strict central perspective, with a domed hall in the background. Below is the French title, repeated in abridged form at the top in mirror image. Below left is the address of the Parisian publisher Jean Francois Daumont (demonstrably active 1740-1775). 66369649