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Amme, Giesecke & Konegen, Braunschweig [cover title of a portfolio of plates relating to the grain-milling industry]

Braunschweig, Amme, Giesecke & Konegen, [circa 1905].

Oblong folio, a portfolio containing 36 loose plates (captioned photogravures, sheet size 259 × 340 mm).

Dark grey cloth lettered in white on the front cover, with thin card flaps attached to the three open sides of the rear cover; cloth a little flecked and rubbed; flaps a little sunned and creased at the exposed edges, with long tears to two of them expertly sealed; minimal signs of age and use; an excellent copy.

'The MIAG Mühlenbau und Industrie Aktiengesellschaft was a mechanical engineering company from Braunschweig, Germany which was acquired by Bühler in Uzwil, Switzerland in 1972. [MIAG] was founded in 1925 in Frankfurt am Main from the merger of the resident Hugo Greffenius AG with four other grain mill manufacturers ... [including] G. Luther, Maschinenfabrik und Mühlenbau (Luther-Werke) - Braunschweig, founded 1875 [and] Braunschweigische Mühlenbauanstalt Amme, Giesecke & Konegen (AGK) - founded in 1895 by former Luther employees Ernst Amme, Carl Giesecke, Julius Konegen.' The parent company 'is a Swiss multinational plant equipment manufacturer ... known for plant and equipment and related services for processing foods and manufacturing advanced materials' (thank you, Wikiwand).

All of the plates relate in some way to the grain-milling industry: 24 of them depict the exteriors of large factories in various European countries, Argentina, and Chile; most of the others show grain-handling facilities or grain-processing machinery.

Item #138583

Price (AUD): $350.00
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