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Published by Heirs of Jacob Christian Wagner, Innsbruck, 1705
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. 20 (316 x 195 mm). Large engraved folding plate after Balthasar Leonhard Dörflinger by J. A. Kraus. (Book block detached from binding.) Contemporary black and gilt "Brokatpapier" wrapper decorated with stags, dogs, birds among floral ornaments, the imperial double-headed eagle wrapping around the center of the spine (light wear to tips). Funeral oration and ceremony for Leopold I (1640-1705), Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705), King of Bohemia (1656-1705), and of Hungary (1655-1705) in Vienna 1705. The large folding plate by Johann Ulrich Kraus (1645-1719) depicts the elaborate catafalque. The black and gilt brokatpapier binding was presumably a special commission for this volume. Sommervogel VI:416.