DILHERR, Johann Michael.
Heilig-Epistolischer Bericht, Licht, Geleit und Freud. Das ist: emblematische Fürstellung, der heiligen sonn- und festtäglichen Episteln.
Nuremberg, Johann Andreas Endter and the heirs of Wolffgang der Jüngere, 1663.
With: (2) DILHERR, Johann Michael. Augen- und Hertzens-Lust. Das ist Emblematische Fürstellung der Sonn- und Festtäglichen Evangelien.
Nuremberg, Johann Andreas Endter and the heirs of Wolffgang der Jüngere, 1661. 2 works in 1 volume. Folio. Ad 1: with an engraved frontispiece, a woodcut printer's device, and 85 large engraved emblems by M. Küsell after G. Strauch. Further with numerous woodcut initials, and woodcut head- and tailpieces. Ad 2: with an engraved frontispiece, a woodcut printer's device, and 91 large engraved emblems by M. Küsell after G. Strauch. Contemporary calf with the coat of arms of the Nürnberg patrician family Holzschuher Von und Zu Haszlach stamped in gold in the centre of each board, gold-tooled spine, gilt edges, floral chintz end papers. [8 blank], [30], 631, [33]; [8], 234, [4], 235-365, [31], [8 blank] pp.
€ 11,500
Remarkable association copy of two religious emblem books, written by the Nuremberg theological professor and minister of the Sebaldskirche, Johann Michael Dilherr (1604-1669), printed in Nuremberg. Here together in a contemporary armorial binding made for one of the oldest patrician families of Nuremberg, Holzschuher Von und Zu Haszlach. The present engravings are among the best of the artist's work and represent a high point in German book illustration of the period.
Binding slightly rubbed at the corners. Otherwise in very good condition. Landwehr, German emblem books 228 & 227; Praz, p. 316; Von Faber du Faur 597 & 596a; not in STC German, 17th century; for the patrician family, see: ADB 13, pp. 31-33.
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