Giovanni Battista MASCOLO, Johann Wolfgang BAUMGARTNER
Encomia Coelituum, Digesta Per Singulos Anni Dies, Una Cum Veterum Fastis, Recensibitus Victorias, Triumphos, Sacrificia, Ceterasque Res Insignes
Viennae [Vienna] 1753-1755|11 x 17.50 cm|Eau-forte|4 volumes reliés
Rare illustrated reissue of Giovanni Battista Mascolo’s Encomia Coelituum, published jointly in Vienna and Augsburg between 1753 and 1755. First published in Naples in 1638, the text is here expressly reprinted “ob raritatem & elegantiam” and enriched with a remarkable series of 366 engravings, one for each day of the year. Most of the compositions are by Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, alongside Franz Sigrist and other artists active in Augsburg; the plates were engraved by several burin engravers from this artistic circle.
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