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KÖHLER (Johann David)

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KÖHLER (Johann David)

Sculptura historiarum & temporum memoratrix... Nuremberg, Christoph Weigel, 1726. In-folio, full vellum, smooth spine with title in ink, blue edges (contemporary binding).
Didactic work initially published in 1697, describing the most significant events since the Creation of the World, 4000 years before
the birth of Christ.

This edition is illustrated with a title-frontispiece and 48 plates containing 416 copper engravings by Christoph Weigel: the last engraving depicts the victory of Belgrade

in 1717

.Text in German printed

in Gothic

characters.



A copy of which all the engravings are accompanied by a pen caption written by a hand of the time. It bears the manuscript ex-libris of a Strasbourg merchant named Johann Daniel Saum, dated

1753,

from the Robert de Billy library, with ex-libris

.

A few slight freckles. Missing tear at the foot of the printed title. Stained vellum, one open bit.