KLEINER, Salomon (1703-1761). Dilucida Representatio magnificae et sumptuosae Bibliothecae Caesareae, iussu... Caroli VI. Vienna: Johann Peter von Ghelen, 1737. Part I (all published), 2° (485 x 355mm). Mounted on guards throughout. Parallel title and text in Latin and German. Double-page title in red and black and dedication with engraved portrait vignette, engraved initials. 13 engraved plates (11 double-page, 2 folding) by Kleiner or Jeremias Jacob Sedelmayr. (Some light soiling, small repaired tear to blank upper margin of title.) Contemporary red morocco-backed marbled boards (scuffed). Provenance : 2nd Marquess of Bute (Luton Library bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Berlin Kat. 2126. Paul DECKER the elder. Fuerstlicher Baumeister, oder Architectura Civilis. Augsburg: 1711. Part I only (of 3), 2° (573 x 430mm). Title in red and black. Engraved frontispiece and 60 plates (plate 39 normally folding, here on two sheets, 5 plates folding). (Six plates with small tears, a seventh almost torn in half, the final plate laid down.) Old calf (rebacked, worn). Cf. Berlin Kat. 1990; cf. Fowler 97. (2)
KLEINER, Salomon (1703-1761). Dilucida Representatio magnificae et sumptuosae Bibliothecae Caesareae, iussu... Caroli VI. Vienna: Johann Peter von Ghelen, 1737. Part I (all published), 2° (485 x 355mm). Mounted on guards throughout. Parallel title and text in Latin and German. Double-page title in red and black and dedication with engraved portrait vignette, engraved initials. 13 engraved plates (11 double-page, 2 folding) by Kleiner or Jeremias Jacob Sedelmayr. (Some light soiling, small repaired tear to blank upper margin of title.) Contemporary red morocco-backed marbled boards (scuffed). Provenance : 2nd Marquess of Bute (Luton Library bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Berlin Kat. 2126. Paul DECKER the elder. Fuerstlicher Baumeister, oder Architectura Civilis. Augsburg: 1711. Part I only (of 3), 2° (573 x 430mm). Title in red and black. Engraved frontispiece and 60 plates (plate 39 normally folding, here on two sheets, 5 plates folding). (Six plates with small tears, a seventh almost torn in half, the final plate laid down.) Old calf (rebacked, worn). Cf. Berlin Kat. 1990; cf. Fowler 97. (2)
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