SANDRART, Joachim von ( 1606 - 1688 ) - Karel van MANDER - OVIDIUS ::
Reference : 58329
".: Nürnberg, Johann-Philip Miltenberger, 1675 (= vol. 1) : Nürnberg, Christian Sigismund Froberger für Jacob von Sandrart und Michael und Johann Friedrich Endtern, Frankfurt, 1679 . Ovidius/von Mander, Nürnberg; Froberger 1679 (= vol 2). 2 vols in-folio, (47,5 x 25 cm). Uniformly bound in contemporary blindtooled pigskin. Very fine copy, bindings with minimal traces of use, interior mostly stainless, only sporadic spots at a few pages. Copy of the Gotha ducal library, with small cancelation stamp :''Duplum/Bibli Duc/Goth''. Modern printed ex-libris on the first paste down ''Friedrich Schoene''.. Notoriously difficult to collate because of the complicated publication history and the intricate system of plate-numbering we collated our copy against the copy in the Mark Millard collection at the National Gallery of Art in Washington (Vol. III North European Books, item 111). [1] Text-leaves. Missing in our copy is only one leaf; in Vol.1 part 2 ; pp.(1) the separate title page. The privilege leaf pp (IX-X) in Vol 1 has been misbound and placed in Vol. 2 Part 2. For completeness sake we briefly list here the leaves present in our copy but lacking in the Millard copy. [1] Vol. 2 Halftitle ; [2] Vol.2 Part 2 ; halftitle (2) pp ; [3] Ovidius Carl von Mander ; (2)pp + 174 pp +(4)(table) (this part not present in the Millard). [2] Plates.. Our copy lacks 1 plate in Vol 2 : folding map of Rome.All the other (261/262) plates are present. Rare and beatifully preserved copy of this capital publication in the history of Western art. Complete with the often lacking German translation of the Karel van Mander work on Ovidius."