1692 HISTORY of RELIGIOUS ORDERS ILLUSTRATED w/ 164 ENGRAVINGS antique VELLUM

(Schoonebeck, A.).

Kurtze und grundliche Histori vom Ursprung der geistlichen Orden.
Aus dem Franz. ins Teutsche ubersetzet. 

(A Short and Thorough History of the Origin of the Religious Orders.
Translated from the French into German)

 Augsburg, Nepperschmid for Steudner; 1692

 150 pp., 2 leaves.

With 73 full-page copper engravings. 


Bound with:

 Kurtze und grundliche Histori von dem Anfang und Ursprung der Gott-geweyhten Orden aller Closter-Jungfrauen.
Aus dem Franz. in das Teutsche ubersetzet.

Augsburg, Nepperschmid for Steudner; 1693

( A Short and Thorough History of the Beginning and Origin of the Divinely Consecrated Orders of All Convent-Virgins. Translated from the French into German. )


8 lvs., 123 lvs., 2 lvs. 
With 91 copperplate engravings.

Original vellum over wooden boards binding with 2 intact metal clasps.
Spine with manuscript title.

- VD17 12:113997M and VD17 39:144017Z. Lipperheide Oe 9 and 14 (mentions only 90 plates). First German editions. -

First title page with manuscript ownership inscription and manuscript notes verso,

some foxing,  partly slightly brown-spotted, ibid. slightly stained, last gathering with wormhole in the binding, overall a good copy.

Size: 4 by 6.5 inches

Text in German
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Adriaan Schoonebeek (c. 1658–1714), a renowned Dutch etcher, engraver, and publisher who famously established Russia's first engraving workshop for Peter the Great in Moscow, producing intricate historical and military illustrations.
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