STRADA À ROSBERG, Octavius de.
Newe Keijser Chronick: das ist, warhaffte und vollkommene Beschreibung aller Römischen Keyser, so wol deren gegen Nider- als gegen Auffgang, von C. Julio Caesare, dem ersten Römischen Monarchen, biss auff jetztregierende Keyserl. May. Ferdinandum II. und das Jahr 1628 ...
Frankfurt am Main, Eberhard Kieser, 1629.
With:
(2) IDEM. Continuation der Keyser Chronick, oder eigentliche, und wahrhaftige, historische Beschreibung der Leben unnd Thaten, beyder grossmächtigen Römischen Keyser, Matthiae I. und der jetznoch regierenden Keys. May. Ferdinandi II. Königen in Böhmen, &c. ...
Frankfurt am Main, Caspar Röteln for Eberhardt Kieser, 1628.
(3) IDEM. Genealogia, das ist, Geschlecht Register, oder Stammbaum, und Verzeichnusz aller Potentaten, Keyser, Königen, Ertzhertzogen und Fürsten ...
Frankfurt am Main, for Eberhard Kieser, 1629.
3 works in 1 volume. Folio. Ad 1: with the title set in a richly engraved border, a half page engraving of the coat of arms of the dedicatee Don Guillermo Verdugo on f. (2)r, and numerous engravings of coins with the portraits of the emperors in the text. Ad 2: with 10 engravings of both sides of coins in the text. Ad 3: with a large folding engraving (92 x 46.5 cm.) of the genealogical tree of the Dukes and Archidukes of Austria. With numerous woodcut decorated initials and woodcut head- and tail-pieces throughout.
(Near?) Contemporary mottled calf with a large gold-tooled armorial centre piece on both arms (with the letters "R. M. F." inside the coat of arms), a red morocco title-label lettered in gold on the gold-tooled spine, red and light blue sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers. [4], 596, [10], [2 blank]; 87, [1 blank]; 37, [1 blank] pp.
€ 7,500
Ad 1: Second German edition of this extremely rare history on the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire from Julius Caesar to Rudolph II and Matthias, originally written in Latin by Octavius de Strada à Rosberg and translated in German by his son Octavius. The first German edition was published in 1618. The original Latin edition was printed in Frankfurt by J. Bringer in 1615.
Ad 2: Original German edition of this "Continuation" of the history of the Holy Roman emperors, with descriptions of the lives of Matthias I and Ferdinand II of Bohmen, until September 1628.
Ad 3: First German edition of this "supplement" to the Newe Keijser Chronick with the large folding engraving of the genealogical tree.
These 3 very rare and fairly unknown works - Newe Keijser Chronick, its Continuation, and the Genealogia, bound together in 1 volume form a unique set of texts on the history of the Holy Roman Empire.
With the book plate of J. Sejnost mounted in the upper outer corner of the front pastedown, a large ex libris book plate mounted on the verso of the title-page of ad 1, and 4 red stickers of some sort on leaves (including the title-page and on ad 3, p. 37 and its verso), possibly covering a former library stamp. The binding shows minor signs of wear, the title-page of ad 1 is slightly cut short, slightly browned throughout, and with a small tear in the folding genealogical tree. Otherwise in good condition. Ads 1-2: Deutsche Drucke des Barock (Wolffenb.) B 10335-6); one further copy in the BSB; not in NUC. Ad 3: 1 copy in the BSB; not in NUC.
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