Johann Christoph Weigel

Davidischer Lust und Blumen Garten. Nuremberg, [circa 1670]

Small oblong 4to (198 x 264mm.), engraved title, 150 plain engraved plates (2 to a page), contemporary vellum, some wormholes affecting binding and plates, light spotting at extremities

A rare publication ofও botanical plates, not recorded in the major bibliographies, by the German engraver, art dealer, and publisher Johann Christoph Weigel, known as Christoph Weigel the Elder (1654-1725).

PROVENANCE:

Maximilian Pagli, Abbot of Lambach, armorial stamp to upper cover; Sotheby's 27 February 1946, lot 671; bought by Francis Edwards for £50; Pagli commissioned the pair of white marble statues for the high altar of the Benedict♒ine church from Pietro Antonio Maggi