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KÜSEL, Melchior. -- Johann Wilhelm BAUR. Underschildliche Prospecten welche in dennen Landen Italiae.. nach dem Leben gezeichnet. Augsburg: Küsel, 1681.
Small oblong 4° (144 x 167mm). Etched throughout. Title, dedication and 40 plates by Küsel after Baur. (Some light spotting and dampstaining.) 19th-century green morocco gilt. Provenance: E.Délicourt (bookplate).
A fine series, the majority of identified Italian city and town views, but including one view of the Escorial in Madrid, and 9 landscape views in Italy and elsewhere in Europe. Küsel (1626-circa 1683) was a member of the Augsburg family of engravers and goldsmiths and Baur (circa 1600-1640) was a Strassburg miniature painter who lived for many years in Rome and Italy.
Small oblong 4° (144 x 167mm). Etched throughout. Title, dedication and 40 plates by Küsel after Baur. (Some light spotting and dampstaining.) 19th-century green morocco gilt. Provenance: E.Délicourt (bookplate).
A fine series, the majority of identified Italian city and town views, but including one view of the Escorial in Madrid, and 9 landscape views in Italy and elsewhere in Europe. Küsel (1626-circa 1683) was a member of the Augsburg family of engravers and goldsmiths and Baur (circa 1600-1640) was a Strassburg miniature painter who lived for many years in Rome and Italy.