Lot n° 220
Sélection Bibliorare

[Abraham a SANCTA CLARA.- Neu-eröffnete Welt-Galleria. Worinnen sehr curios und begnügt unter die Augen kommen allerley Aufzüg und Kleidungen unterschiedlicher Stände und Nationen : Forderist aber ist darinnen in Kupffer entworffen die Kayserl....

Estimation : 10000 / 12000
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
Hoffstatt in Wien. Wie dann auch Anderer hohen Häupter und Potentaten : Bis endlich gar auf den mindesten Gemeinen Mann. Mit sonderm Fleiss zusammen gebracht Von P. Abrahamo à S. Clara [...]. Und von Christoph Weigel in Kupffer gestochen zu Nürnberg.
Nuremberg, s.n., 1703 ?]. In-f°; table of plates and 100 plates with gilt edges (incomplete of the title-page, the dedication and the introduction, very small stains or waterstains on some plates, small and light foxing in some margins, very good condition). In lvs, without binding but the plates are protected by a folder in modern vellum. FIRST ISSUE (?) OF LUYKEN'S FAMOUS GALLERY OF COSTUMES. A second edition was published in 1708. SPLENDID COPY COMPLETE OF THE 100 PLATES HEIGHTENED, SOME WITH GOLD, engraved by Christoph Weigel, who took the initiative of the work, figuring members of Vienna's imperial court and then people, man and woman, from the world in their traditional, military or religious costumes : pope Clement XI, Leopold I, Joseph I, Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria, the "rector magnificus" of Vienna, a woman from Nuremberg, Spanish officer, Sultan Mustafa II and Turkish types, prince of Persia, East and West-Indian kings, Ethiopians, etc.
# Lipperheide 32 (doesn't mention the dedication nor the introduction); # Colas 789 (doesn't mention the introduction neither the index of plates); # Hollstein 381; # Brunet V-1429 (ed. 1708).
Premier tirage des 100 planches, en couleurs et parfois avec rehauts d'or, par Ch. Weigel d'après C. Luyken, figurant des membres de la Cour impériale de Vienne mais aussi des hommes et femmes du monde dans leurs costumes traditionnels. En ff., sans rel. mais protégé par une chemise en vélin moderne (incomplet du titre, de la dédicace et de l'intro.).
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