Lot 89
  • 89

Kriegl, Georg Christoph.

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description

  • Erb-Huldigung, welche der allerdurchleuchtigst-grosmächtigsten Frauen, Frauen Mariæ Theresiæ... abgeleget den 22 Novembris 1740. Vienna: Johann Baptist Schilgen, [c. 1740]
folio (422 x 270mm.), title-page printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece portrait and 11 engraved plates (one folding, several double-page), contemporary calf gilt, arms of the Archduchy of Austria on upper cover, those of Austria-Enns on lower cover, folding plate with repairs at folds, a few small wormholes in lower margins of last few leaves, sides laid down on modern calf, arms regilded

Literature

Berlin Catalogue 2893; Lipperheide 2629; Vinet 681 

Catalogue Note

Maria Theresa succeeded to the Austrian throne on 20 October 1740, and the ceremony of homage (Erbhuldigung) took place a month later. Six of the plates were first used in Gülich's description of the entry of Joseph I on 22 September 1705.