[120 EARLY 18TH-CENTURY PLATES] - Lot 75

[120 EARLY 18TH-CENTURY PLATES] KRAUS, Johann Ulrich A Sacred Delight for the Eyes and the Soul, Presenting Not Only the Gospels but Also the Epistles and Readings for All Sundays and Feast Days… [Translation of the title] A holy delight for the eyes and the mind: presenting, for all Sundays, feast days, and solemn days, not only the Gospels but also the Epistles and the Readings, the former from a historical perspective, the latter also from an emblematic perspective, all embellished with original frames, in numerous copper engravings of foreign inspiration and of entirely new design: useful both for the practice of art and for entertainment through pious meditations, as well as for enriching engraved Bibles and illustrating all collections of Christian meditations Augsburg, Johann Ulrich Kraus, [1706]. Two volumes in one folio volume, bound in contemporary calfskin, with an ornamented spine and gilt roulette on the edges. The binding is heavily worn, with a loss on the spine, damage to the joints and end caps, etc. Some foxing and stains on the paper. As is. Divided into two parts, it consists of two frontispieces, two title pages with engraved vignettes, a headband, a title lettering, and 120 magnificent plates, 70 in the first part and 50 in the second.“A splendid work engraved and published by the German publisher and engraver Johann Ulrich Krauss (1655–1719). These plates consist of two parts: a narrative vignette, surmounted by a title and accompanied by a text relating to the illustration, and an emblematic medallion engraving, framed by an ornate Baroque border and surmounted by an excerpt from the epistle it represents.”