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ZEHENDTNER VOM ZEHENDTGRÜB, Paul. Ordenliche Beschreibung mit was stattlichen Ceremonien und Zierlichheiten, die Röm. Kay. May. Unser aller gnedigster Herr, sampt etlich andern Ertzhertzogen, Fürsten und Herrn, den Orden desz Guldin Flüsz, in disem 85. Jahr zu Prag ynd Landshut, empfangen und angenommen. Dillingen: Johannes Mayer, 1587.
4o (181 x 142mm). Collation: A-V4 (-V4 blank), 13 folding etched plates by Antoni Boys. With 7 full-page etchings mounted in the text, as published. Gothic type, title printed in red and black. (The fireworks plate slightly cut into by the binder.) Modern scarlet
morocco, gilt imperial arms. Provenance: Vienna, Palatine Library
(duplicate stamp) -- Paul and Marianne Gourary.
FIRST EDITION OF A BRIEF GENERAL HISTORY OF THE ORDER OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE. The etchings show investiture ceremonies, a mass, a banquet, processions, a tournament and fireworks, as well as the order's insignia, coats-of-arms, etc. Most of the plates can be attributed with great probability to Antoni Boys, who appears on p. 53 in the list of the retinue of Archduke Ferdinand as "Conterfeter". He is recorded as member of the guild of St. Luke in Antwerp in 1572 and was appointed court painter to the Archduke in 1579. Berlin Kat. 2820; Bucher, Dillingen 589; Ruggieri 941; Thieme-Becker IV, 493; Vinet 660.
4o (181 x 142mm). Collation: A-V4 (-V4 blank), 13 folding etched plates by Antoni Boys. With 7 full-page etchings mounted in the text, as published. Gothic type, title printed in red and black. (The fireworks plate slightly cut into by the binder.) Modern scarlet
morocco, gilt imperial arms. Provenance: Vienna, Palatine Library
(duplicate stamp) -- Paul and Marianne Gourary.
FIRST EDITION OF A BRIEF GENERAL HISTORY OF THE ORDER OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE. The etchings show investiture ceremonies, a mass, a banquet, processions, a tournament and fireworks, as well as the order's insignia, coats-of-arms, etc. Most of the plates can be attributed with great probability to Antoni Boys, who appears on p. 53 in the list of the retinue of Archduke Ferdinand as "Conterfeter". He is recorded as member of the guild of St. Luke in Antwerp in 1572 and was appointed court painter to the Archduke in 1579. Berlin Kat. 2820; Bucher, Dillingen 589; Ruggieri 941; Thieme-Becker IV, 493; Vinet 660.
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