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VIENNA 1682 -- Das dem Drey-Einigen Gott Andächtig Vertrauend Angenehm Danckbahre Österreich Von der Röm. Kayserl. auch zu Hungarn und Böheim Königl. Mayt. Leopold, Den 25. Wein-Monats 1682. Als Sie In der Domkirchen zu S. Stephan... eine Marmorsteinene Säulen auffrichten... Das Gelübd aufferbäulichst abgelegt. Auff den fürnehmsten Platz der Statt Wienn am Graben genannt prächtigst vorgestellet. Vienna: Leopold Voigt, 1682.
2o (303 x 200 mm). Large folding plates (525 x 1850 mm comprising 5 large plates joined together). Contemporary marbled wrappers; cloth folding case.
In 1679, Vienna was visited by one of the last big plague epidemics. Fleeing the city, Emperor LEOPOLD I vowed to erect a marble mercy column if the epidemic would end. A temporary wooden structure was erected in the same year. Three years later Leopold's vow was renewed. This volume and the large folding plate are commemorating an early conservative design for the memorial column known as "Pestsäule" ("plague column") in Vienna, which was finally inaugurated in High Baroque style 1693.
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In 1679, Vienna was visited by one of the last big plague epidemics. Fleeing the city, Emperor LEOPOLD I vowed to erect a marble mercy column if the epidemic would end. A temporary wooden structure was erected in the same year. Three years later Leopold's vow was renewed. This volume and the large folding plate are commemorating an early conservative design for the memorial column known as "Pestsäule" ("plague column") in Vienna, which was finally inaugurated in High Baroque style 1693.