Published by Amsterdam : Printed for the Wetsteins and Smith, MDCCXXXII. [1732], 1732
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Folio. . Contemporary roan with gilt spine, worn along edges of spine, but tight Pages fresh and crisp. Very good. Bookplates and old ink inscription of previous private owners on inside front cover. 30 x 48.5 cm. Text in French and Latin. . See collation below.OCLC only lists the English language edtion of the same year.References : Brunet III: 599; Cohen de Ricci: 768. .In -folio relié pleine basane brune, dos à nerfs orné et doré (Reliure de l'époque). [5] ff., 247 pp., [1] f., (249 254) pp., [2] ff. Orné d'un frontispice, une vignette armoriée de dédicace et de 130 figures in texte à mi-page d'après Lebrun, Leclere, Maas, Picard, Punt, J. Romain, Tosca, de Wit and Vandelaar par divers sculpteurs. Edition bilingue francol-atine imprimée sur 2 colonnes. Bon état, oxydation des ff. et rousseurs, usures à la reliure.
1698 - 1700. 3 very fine engravings (of 4, without autumn) showing personifications of winter, spring and summer by Carl Gustav von Amling. ca. 285-295 x 163 mm.*Thieme-Becker V, 493-494 no. 23b. Nagler XXIV, 481. Not in Fuhring. Von Amling (Nürnberg 1651 - München 1702) made these engravings after the famous gobelin tapestries in München, which were designed by Peter de Wit for Kurfürst Maximilian I, and which were woven by the Dutch Hans van d. Biest and other Dutchmen in the Hautelisse Manufaktur in München between 1604 - 1615. - Good impressions with very large margins. Slightly foxed, Aestas foxed.[(5464)].
1698. 2 very fine engravings showing personifications of Day and Night by Carl Gustav von Amling. Both ca. 28 x 16 cm.*Nagler XXIV, 481. Not in Fuhring. Von Amling (Nürnberg 1651 - München 1702) made these engravings after the famous gobelin tapestries in München, which were designed by Peter de Wit for Kurfürst Maximilian I, and which were woven by the Dutch Hans van d. Biest and other Dutchmen in the Hautelisse Manufaktur in München between 1604 - 1615. - Bright impressions with small margins. Pasted next to each other.[(2230)].