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DANZIG 1698 -- CURICKE, Georg Reinhold (ca. 1660-1708). Freuden-Bezeugung der Stadt Dantzig über die Höchst-erwünschte Königliche Wahl und darauf Glücklich-erfolgte Krönung Des... Herrn Augusti des Andern, Königes in Pohlen... Hertzogen zu Sachsen... Wobey Höchst-gedachter Majestät Königlicher Einzug in besagte Stadt, die daselbst aufgerichtete Ehren-Pforten, Huldigungs-Actus, gehaltenes Feuerwerck, und was sonsten denckwürdiges vorgefallen, biss an Dero Königlichen Abzug, wahrhafftig beschrieben, und alles in schönen Kupfferen repraesentiret wird. Danzig: Jansson von Waesberge printed, 1698.
4o (304 x 193 mm). 9 engraved plates including 5 folding (some light browning). Modern boards.
The city of Danzig celebration of the coronation and visit of AUGUSTUS II "The Strong" (1670-1733), with great festivities, including fireworks. August "der Starke" was as Friedrich August I the Elector of Saxony (1694-1733), later also King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1697-1704) and again (1709-1733). He is best remembered as a partron of the arts and architecture. He established Dresden the Saxon capital as major cultural center, amassed an impressive art collection and built important baroque palaces in Dresden and Warsaw. Berlin 2867; Vinet 773.
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The city of Danzig celebration of the coronation and visit of AUGUSTUS II "The Strong" (1670-1733), with great festivities, including fireworks. August "der Starke" was as Friedrich August I the Elector of Saxony (1694-1733), later also King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1697-1704) and again (1709-1733). He is best remembered as a partron of the arts and architecture. He established Dresden the Saxon capital as major cultural center, amassed an impressive art collection and built important baroque palaces in Dresden and Warsaw. Berlin 2867; Vinet 773.