Hardcover (rebound in cloth)
1694 · Augsburg
by Krauss Johann Ulrich
Augsburg: Johann Ulrich Krauss, 1694. First Edition. Hardcover (rebound in cloth). Good Condition. Later (19th century) brown cloth, front hinges slightly torn, first few leaves remargined with a glue stain in the gutter, small marginal repair to plate 8, small paper repairs to verso of plates 1, 24 and 29, some browning and spotting, mostly in the margins, generally clean and with good impressions of the plates. With the frontis, engraved title, engraved dedication and portrait of Leopold the Great as well as 30 engraved plates and a lovely headpiece vignette and engraved initial letter. 4 leaves, (12)pp, 30 leaves, (12)pp. A fine example of Baroque engraving, Krauss studied under Melchior Küsel who had studied under the great Matthaus Merian. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 045335.
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