Garzaroll von Garzarolshoff, Franz Joseph — Fête book celebrating the 1690 coronation of Joseph I, with allegorical engravings
Vienna: Leopold Voight, [ca 1690].
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Garzaroll von Garzarolshoff, Franz Joseph
Regia virtutum serenissimo, et potentissimo Hungariae Regi Josepho I. Magni Caesaris Leopoldi I. filio...oblata. Vienna: Leopold Voight, [circa 1690].
Folio. Engraved frontispiece and 12 plates after Wilhelm Schuppert von Ehrenberg by Johann Ulrich Kraus, Johann Jacob von Sandrart and Georg Christoph Eimmart, a miniature painted on vellum with portraits of Leopold and his son Joseph supporting a coat-of-arms signed by Johann Michael Prechler, Vienna, 1693, mounted to the front flyleaf by a recent owner; occasional marginal soiling, a pale marginal dampstain affecting a few leaves near the rear, a very minor wormhole affecting the first four leaves, a small repair at corner of the frontispiece, final plate trimmed just inside the image along one edge. Contemporary marbled paper boards, all edges sprinkled red; rubbed and lightly worn, the spine faded, joints starting but holding soundly, expert repairs to the edges, corners, and spine.
14¾ by 9 ½ in.
37.5 by 24.4 cm
Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow (bookplate; acquired from Lucien Goldschmidt in 1984; sold Christies, New York, The Collection of Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow, Part Three, lot 520)
Acquired at the above sale by the present collector
Holzmann, Michael, and Hanns Bohatta, Deutsches Anonymen-Lexikon, (Weimar, 1902-1928), Vol. III, #11255
First edition of this rare fête book celebrating Joseph I (1678-1711) of Austria's 1690 coronation as King of the Romans. The young Hapsburg was just eleven years old at the time of his ascension to this throne. He would later be crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 1705.
The frontispiece shows the apotheosis of Joseph I, and the twelve finely engraved allegorical plates each represent virtues befitting a monarch. They all contain an emblematic banner with a related Latin motto, and their designs take inspiration from a wide variety of sources. They depict palaces, churches, gardens, cityscapes, pastoral landscapes, battles, and scenes from classical mythology. Each engraving is followed by two leaves of text and one leaf of poetry commenting on the virtue in question. The virtues prescribed here for Joseph I's reign include faith, prudence, fortitude, magnanimity, and longevity.
The contemporary miniature, a portrait of Joseph I and his father Leopold, was purchased separately and mounted to the front flyleaf by the book's previous owners, Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow.
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