uispeccoll:Any book is instantly improved with the addition of decorative jewels! This 1610 copy of

uispeccoll:Any book is instantly improved with the addition of decorative jewels! This 1610 copy of Lustgartlein (Ein Geistlich) contains 187 garnets and 8 amethysts. The acquisition papers that accompany our copy describe this book as follows:“This remarkable contemporary binding is decorated with 8 delicately ornamented gilt silver cornerpieces, two similarly executed catches and clasps and with two oval center-pieces of sculptured religious representatives (Jesus Christ with angels and bust of Christ, etc.). Each of these silver sculptures - at the corners and in the center - is decorated with a large number of garnets, 18[7] in all, and with 8 amethysts, one decorating each corner-piece. The publisher, Georg Widmanstetter (1587-1618), was perhaps the most outstanding Austrian typographer of the period.”xBX2079 G4 1610-Lindsay M. -- source link
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