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A. V. (Augustae Vindelicorum) = Augsburg, n.d. [c. 1730].
84 engravings in contemporary chand-oloring, bound in two folio volumes : I/ 40 engravings cut and pasted on a very thick paper; II/ 44 plates, few small stains and creases in some margins, small restoration in the lower corner of a plate touching the caption. Laterlight-brown quarter morocco, red edges.

Dimensions of the pages : 385 x 290 mm.
Dimensions of the engravings : 310 to 375 mm high and 207 to 245 mm wide.
First edition and first issue of this extraordinary baroque collection of 84 engravings in superb contemporary hand-coloring representing men and women dressed with the tools of their profession.
The engravings are signed by A. Degmeier, P. F. Engelbrecht, C. F. Hörmann, Kösler, J. F. Schmit, J. Stelzer.
Martin Engelbrecht engraver, born in Augsburg in 1684, died in the same city in 1756 , is the brother of Christian Engelbrecht. He illustrated like him numerous works. Among these are : La guerre de succession espagnole, and Les… Read More

Augsburg, Engelbrecht and Will, 1750-1799.
Oblong folio [300 x 410 mm], quarter-roan. Contemporary binding worn.
Extremely rare album intended for children of the wealthy bourgeoisie made in Augsburg, in 1799, during the Napoleonic Wars.It is composed of 34 full-page copper-engravings, colored at the time, mounted on 18 thick leaves on guards.
Measuring 24 x 35 cm, they were produced by the engraver and printer from Augsburg Johann Martin Will (1726-1806).
The large views are in a nice contemporary coloring,are numbered in the top right corner and bear the signature J. Mart. Will A.V. on the lower margin.
The album contains:
· 4 leaves with large street scenes (n° 1, 2, 3, 6).
· 3 leaves picturing Napoleon's regiments that went through Augsburg in 1799 (n° 99,101,102).
· 1 leaf with uniforms (n°75).
· 13 leaves with toys and children's games (n° 3, 6, 8, 15, 19, 20, 27, 28, 29, 49, 89 and 2 double).
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Leyde, in officina Raphelengiana, 1613.- [With]: II/ Rous, Francis. Archaeologiae Atticae libri tres. Three bookes of the Attick Antiquities. Containing The description of the Citties glory, government, division of the People, and Townes within the Athenian Territories, their Religion, Superstition, Sacrifices,…Oxford, Printed by Leonard Lichfield for Edward Forrest, 1637.- [With]: III/ Crinesius, Christoph. Babel Sive Discursus de confusion linguarum, tum orientalium: Hebraicae, Chaldicae, Syriacae, Scripturae Samariticae, Arabicae, Persiae, Aethiopicae : tum Occidentalium, nempe, Graecae, Latinae, Italicae, Gallicae, Hispanicae,…Nuremberg, Simon Halbmayer, 1629.Thus 3 volumes bound in one 4to volume [186 x 147 mm] of : I/ (4) ll., 192 pp., (2) ll. of errata ; II/ (4) ll., 149 pp. ; III/ (6) ll., 144 pp., (2) ll. Contemporary limp vellum, "Arabic grammar" written in ink on the upper cover, flat spine. Contemporary binding.I/ " First edition of this Arabic grammar, the first reasoned method… Read More

Leyde, in officina Raphelengiana, 1613.
- [With]: II/ Rous, Francis. Archaeologiae Atticae libri tres. Three bookes of the Attick Antiquities. Containing The description of the Citties glory, government, division of the People, and Townes within the Athenian Territories, their Religion, Superstition, Sacrifices,…
Oxford, Printed by Leonard Lichfield for Edward Forrest, 1637.
- [With]: III/ Crinesius, Christoph. Babel Sive Discursus de confusion linguarum, tum orientalium: Hebraicae, Chaldicae, Syriacae, Scripturae Samariticae, Arabicae, Persiae, Aethiopicae : tum Occidentalium, nempe, Graecae, Latinae, Italicae, Gallicae, Hispanicae,…
Nuremberg, Simon Halbmayer, 1629.
Thus 3 volumes bound in one 4to volume [186 x 147 mm] of : I/ (4) ll., 192 pp., (2) ll. of errata ; II/ (4) ll., 149 pp. ; III/ (6) ll., 144 pp., (2) ll. Contemporary limp vellum, "Arabic grammar" written in ink on the upper cover, flat spine. Contemporary binding.
I/ " First edition of this Arabic grammar, the first reasoned method… Read More