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‎A Rare Treatise on Interior Decoration and Architecture - Joseph Friedrich zu Racknitz's Presentation and History of the Taste of the Leading Nations‎

‎zu Racknitz, Joseph Friedrich, and Simon Swynfen Jervis: A Rare Treatise on Interior Decoration and Architecture - Joseph Friedrich zu Racknitz's Presentation and History of the Taste of the Leading Nations. 2019. 368 pages, profusely illustrated in colour. Hardback. 27 x 25cms. Full translation of Joseph Friedrich zu Racknitz's four volumes on the global history of design and ornament, published between 1796 and 1799. With reproductions of the original color plates and essays on Racknitz's biography, his publications and the larger German Enlightenment context that influenced it. The treatsie includes chapters on ancient and modern European taste as well as on Persian, Chinese, Mexican, Indian and Tahitian amongst others.‎

‎Full translation of Joseph Friedrich zu Racknitz's four volumes on the global history of design and ornament, published between 1796 and 1799. With reproductions of the original color plates and essays on Racknitz's biography, his publications and the larger German Enlightenment context that influenced it. The treatsie includes chapters on ancient and modern European taste as well as on Persian, Chinese, Mexican, Indian and Tahitian amongst others. Text in English‎