[Orbis terrarum in nuce], Die Welt in einer Nuß oder Die Historien vom Anfang Der Welt samt deren Zeit-Rechnung bis auff unsere Zeit auf eine besondere und ganz leichte Art kurz zusammen zufassen oder ausgebreitet in einem Augenblick auf einer einigen Tafel zu wiederhohlen, fürgeschrieben und fürgebildet
first edition Hardcover
1722 · Nuremberg
by WEIGEL, Cristoph (1654-1725)
Nuremberg, 1722. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. Pagination: 1-19pp. and 48 pages of plates divided into scenes. Signatures: A-B(4); C(2). Folding added title of Orbis Terrarum in Nuce: Die Welt in einer Nuss with seven oval medallions depicting the second millennium after the birth of Christ, title with emblematic printers device and motto crescit eundo (it grows as it goes). Title printed in red and blank in Old German type. Introduction signed by Johann David Rohler. Half vellum over decorative paper boards; (some light browning, chips to spine, otherwise good copy of a classic illustrated history). Inscription of William M. Valentine and his Berlin address, dated October 18th, 1861, on front flyleaf. Another rubber stamp for the Valentine Museum in Richmond, Virginia. Modern armorial bookplate of Bibliotheque I.G. Schorsch on the front pastedown.
First edition of Christoph Weigels world history written in a nutshell, elaborately illustrated by him and intended for a young audience. Christoph Weigel (the Elder) was an art dealer, publisher, and engraver of Nuremberg, perhaps best known for his work on the 1715-1716 Grand Atlas of the World of Johann Homann. In the early 1720s, Weigel wrote and illustrated this lean compendium, a universal-chronological history of the world, in Latin and German. A tall, thin production, it compressed the entire human story into 16 pages of printed text (Vorberricht). Weigel illustrated his history, alternatively titled the Orbis terrarum in nuce, in over 400 copperplate vignettes depicting important historic events from creation to his own contemporary time. The illustrations include several classic portraits of kings and emperors of Europe, all classed into centuries. Weigel intended this work for the education of children; this book was emblazoned with emblematic studies and devoted to particular points in the historical continuum. (Inventory #: JC14674)
First edition of Christoph Weigels world history written in a nutshell, elaborately illustrated by him and intended for a young audience. Christoph Weigel (the Elder) was an art dealer, publisher, and engraver of Nuremberg, perhaps best known for his work on the 1715-1716 Grand Atlas of the World of Johann Homann. In the early 1720s, Weigel wrote and illustrated this lean compendium, a universal-chronological history of the world, in Latin and German. A tall, thin production, it compressed the entire human story into 16 pages of printed text (Vorberricht). Weigel illustrated his history, alternatively titled the Orbis terrarum in nuce, in over 400 copperplate vignettes depicting important historic events from creation to his own contemporary time. The illustrations include several classic portraits of kings and emperors of Europe, all classed into centuries. Weigel intended this work for the education of children; this book was emblazoned with emblematic studies and devoted to particular points in the historical continuum. (Inventory #: JC14674)