Vh 30 Magic lantern slides

A rare cohesive documentary core is proposed at auction, composed of 30 historical slides on glass plate (lantern slides) in the professional large format of 8.5×10 cm. The lot does not pertain to contemporaneous commercial or tourist production; rather it constitutes a portion of an institutional archival collection (bearing the academic cataloging code "VH"), originally used for university teaching or scientific conferences of historical-urban planning character. The set is distinguished by a rigorous chronological and thematic sequence, organized in the following inventory sections: Section I (Cartographic Evolution and Vedutism): Iconographic documentation of the city from the late medieval period to the nineteenth century. Includes the reproduction of the famous 1493 woodcut (from Hartmann Schedel’s Liber Chronicarum), prospect plans, and Baroque defensive reliefs (1586, 1620, 1640 from Piscator’s copperplate, 1740). Of exceptional documentary interest are the zenithal photographic elevations and partial views of the monumental wooden city models (the Renaissance model by Jakob Sandtner of 1572 and the nineteenth-century model by Johann Baptist Seitz), as well as zenithal aerial views of urban development along the Isar. Section II and IV (Architectural Historiography – Interiors of the Munich Residence): Early twentieth-century photographic campaign focused on the monumental complexes of the Münchener Residenz. The slides carry primary documentary and testimonial value: they depict, with excellent optical definition, the Rococo decorative ensembles by François de Cuvilliés (stucco ceilings by V. Miroffsky, the Conference Room, the Small Throne Room) and the Neoclassical furnishings by Leo von Klenze (Great Throne Room, Ludovico I’s apartments), largely destroyed or severely damaged during the 1944 bombing and partially rebuilt in the postwar period. Specific focuses include artisan cabinetmaking (e.g., Charles Cressent). Section III (Modern Urban Development): Aerial photogrammetric documentation and views of the university quarter (Universitätsviertel / Maxvorstadt). Condition: The lot is in archive-grade preservation, excellent relative to its era. The double-glazed joined structures are structurally intact, free of filaments, chipping, or cracks. The photographic emulsion shows excellent density of contrast and sharpness, free from silvering artifacts or fungal attacks. Original perimeter bindings in black gummed paper and the corresponding handwritten paper labels are perfectly preserved and legible. Lot lacks an original container.