WEIGEL, Christoph (1654-1725). Abbildung Der Gemein-Nützlichen Haupt-Stände Von denen Regenten. Regensburg: Weigel, 1698.
First edition of Weigel’s popular account of trades and crafts, a book famed for its detailed descriptions of contemporary professions and guilds. Some, like fishermen and ship's captains, were rather unusual in Nuremberg or southern Germany. VD17 1:081343C; BL/STC German Books W-688.
Quarto (207 x 164mm). Engraved frontispiece and 212 engraved plates, with errata leaf at the end, title in black and red, woodcut headpieces and opening initials (a few marginal tears with no loss, light soiling and staining). Vellum c.1800, manuscript title on spine (front hinge repaired, lightly soiled). Provenance: House of Oettingen-Wallerstein (stamp on title).
WEIGEL, Christoph (1654-1725). Abbildung Der Gemein-Nützlichen Haupt-Stände Von denen Regenten. Regensburg: Weigel, 1698.
First edition of Weigel’s popular account of trades and crafts, a book famed for its detailed descriptions of contemporary professions and guilds. Some, like fishermen and ship's captains, were rather unusual in Nuremberg or southern Germany. VD17 1:081343C; BL/STC German Books W-688.
Quarto (207 x 164mm). Engraved frontispiece and 212 engraved plates, with errata leaf at the end, title in black and red, woodcut headpieces and opening initials (a few marginal tears with no loss, light soiling and staining). Vellum c.1800, manuscript title on spine (front hinge repaired, lightly soiled). Provenance: House of Oettingen-Wallerstein (stamp on title).
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