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Published By: Johann Gastl, Stadt am Hof bei Regensburg,
Synopsis: First edition of Volume IV. A handsome and solid example of this 18th-century historical compendium, focussed on the Habsburg lands, Switzerland, and the Russian Empire, including the reign and reforms of Peter the Great. With folding maps and heraldic plates, including a fine plan of Vienna with fortifications, a map of Muscovy / Das Keyserthum, and arms of the Russian Empire and the Archdukes of Austria.
This volume addresses Central & Eastern Europe during a crucial period in the rise of Habsburg and Russian imperial power. A wide-ranging scholarly handbook intended to equip readers with historical and political context, geography, genealogy & heraldry.
From the library of Christopher Saunders, noted collector of early cricket references (although this volume contains no cricket references; part of his broader antiquarian historical holdings).
Ink inscriptions of D. Hieronymus Cornely de Cornipo (18th-century hand)
From the Christopher Saunders Collection, renowned collector of early printed references to cricket
8vo. Contemporary half-leather over speckled boards; raised bands; gilt spine label.
pp. [approx. 300+] with index to rear.
Complete with folding plates and maps (at least four confirmed):
Folding plan of Vienna (Statt Wienn)
Folding map of Moscovia / Das Keyserthum
Arms of the Russian Empire (Wappen des Rußischen Reichs)
Arms of the Archdukes of Austria (Wapen der Eitzhertzoge in Oesterreich)
Fraktur type throughout. Occasional woodcut ornaments.
A good, honest example.
Binding firm; leather rubbed & chipped at head of spine
Boards worn, corners rounded
Maps crisp, some fold tears & toning as usual
Light foxing & age-toning; small damp marks to margins
Early inscriptions to front endpaper and front board (D. Hieronymus Cornely de Cornipo, likely clerical student)
No modern repairs; complete as issued
A sound and pleasing volume with its original character intact.
8vo. [2], 3–743, [1], [23], [1] pp. + 4 plates.
This example represents the full expanded printing of Vol. IV (743pp text + 23pp index), exceeding reduced collations sometimes reported in secondary bibliographies due to confusion with earlier part-issues.
NDB/ADB: Neue Deutsche Biographie (Desing)
VD18 bibliography (German 18th-century national bibliography)