Apr 20, 2006 - Sale 2075

Sale 2075 - Lot 61

Price Realized: $ 3,450
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
RAMHOFFSKY, JOHANN HEINRICH. Drey Beschreibungen, erstens: des königlichen Einzugs, welchen . . . Maria Theresia . . . in dero königliche drey Prager-Städte gehalten; andertens: der Erb-Huldigung . . . drittens: allerhöchst ernannt ihro königlichen Majestät königlich-Bömischen Krönung. Engraved allegorical frontispiece incorporating view of Prague, 9 folding double-page plates showing scenes from the festivities, and 6 single-page plates showing 83 coats-of-arms. [6], 21, [1]; 12; 70 pages, including divisional titles. 3 parts in one volume. Folio, 365x228 mm, old brocade cloth over boards, frayed along edges, portion of cloth missing from stained upper outer corner of rear cover, book block loose in binding; scattered foxing minimally affecting plates, light dampstain in outer margin of opening text leaves and first few plates, some unobtrusive pencil annotations on the heraldic plates. Prague: Carl Franz Rosenmüller, [1743]
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first edition of a fête book describing the 1743 royal entry, ceremony of homage, and coronation of Maria Theresia as Queen of Bohemia and Hungary in Prague. Six of the double-page plates depict processions through the city; the other three are interior views showing the homage, coronation, and coronation banquet. Berlin 2135; Lipperheide (1963) 2630; Millard III, 105; Ruggieri 993.