HULSEN, Esaias van. Repraesentatio der furstlichen Aufzug und Ritterspil, [Stuttgart: 1616 or later], oblong 2°, engraved throughout, title, 3 divisional titles, 78 plates, 12 folding (lacking the letterpress dedication leaf, plates 8 and 51 with clean deep tears, occasional soiling, plate of the Lustgarten misbound) [bound with:] [Johannes-Augustin ASSUM] Warhaffte Relation und historischer/politischer/höfflicher Discours uber dess Durchleuchtigen/Hochgeborenen Fürsten und Herren/Herren Johann Friderichen Herzogen zu Württemberg, [Stuttgart:] W. Rösslin and J. A. Cellio, 1616, oblong 2°, title in red and black (outer margin of about 20 leaves shaved with loss to text or printed marginal notes, stain to 2I verso and recto), 2 works in one volume, contemporary sheep, tooled in silver-gilt and blind (most of the gilding oxidised, extremities rubbed, ties defective), bookplate of Count Francis of Haunsperg.

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HULSEN, Esaias van. Repraesentatio der furstlichen Aufzug und Ritterspil, [Stuttgart: 1616 or later], oblong 2°, engraved throughout, title, 3 divisional titles, 78 plates, 12 folding (lacking the letterpress dedication leaf, plates 8 and 51 with clean deep tears, occasional soiling, plate of the Lustgarten misbound) [bound with:] [Johannes-Augustin ASSUM] Warhaffte Relation und historischer/politischer/höfflicher Discours uber dess Durchleuchtigen/Hochgeborenen Fürsten und Herren/Herren Johann Friderichen Herzogen zu Württemberg, [Stuttgart:] W. Rösslin and J. A. Cellio, 1616, oblong 2°, title in red and black (outer margin of about 20 leaves shaved with loss to text or printed marginal notes, stain to 2I verso and recto), 2 works in one volume, contemporary sheep, tooled in silver-gilt and blind (most of the gilding oxidised, extremities rubbed, ties defective), bookplate of Count Francis of Haunsperg.

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The two works both describe the festival held in Stuttgart from the 10th-18th March 1616 in honour of the baptism of Prince Friederich of Württemberg. The fine plates are complemented by Assum's detailed description of the festival.

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