Lot 29: KÜCHLER, BALTHASAR.

KÜCHLER, BALTHASAR. REPRAESENTATIO DER FÜRSTLICHEN AUFFZUG UND RITTERSPIL. [SCHWÄBISCH GMÜND: KÜCHLER, 1611] Oblong folio (287 x 345mm.), engraved title-page, letterpress dedication leaf, 241 engraved plates in 30 separately-numbered series (some folding, some pasted together to form folding plates), first plate of most series with engraved caption pasted at top of leaf (that of the fourth series lacking caption), contemporary blind-stamped German pigskin binding, title, dedication leaves and a few plates repaired at right hand edge, small hole in plate 10 of first series, long folding plate 22 of first series poorly printed, creased and repaired, one plate in 17th series defectively printed, small marginal wormholes towards end, occasional light staining or foxing, boards slightly warped, binding slightly stained and rubbed

Lipperheide 2583; VD17 23:250959C; Watanabe-O'Kelly 355

Ex Biblioth. Cromburg. Anno 1700, inscription on inside front cover; Librairie Fl. Tulkens, Bruxelles, label on inside front cover

Küchler's festival book records the celebrations surrounding the wedding in Stuttgart in 1609 of Johann Friedrich, Duke of Württemberg and Teck to Barbara Sophia, Margravine of Brandenburg (see also lot 121).