KRAUSS' HISTORICAL PICTURES BIBLE WITH ENGRAVINGS, AUGSBURG 1702.

KRAUSS, JOHANN ULRICH. Historical Pictures Bible Erster [bis] Fünffter Theil. Historischer Bilder Bibel Vorstellend die Geschichte der H. Patriarch und Ertz-Vätter, der Richter unter dem Volck Gottes wie auch der Könige und Propheten... Altes Testaments som var en dem Neuen Testament beschrieben. 5 parts in one volume. Augsburg, Johann Ulrich Krauss, 1702.
Large 8vo, c. 260x165 mm, binding). With 2 engraved head-titles, 5 engraved part-titles, 9 engraved plates, 172 engraved plates with 2 illustrations on each plate (all titles and plates numbered 1-188). Some slight spotting to the margins.
Late 19th century blue marbled paper binding, renovated with new blue endpapers, spine with gilt blue label, gilt edges, signed to original marbled endpapers “Simier R Du Roy” (referring to the old binding, not present here), slightly worn, some damages to corner, spine partly faded.

Rene Simier (1772—1843).
2e editie. Berlin Ornamentstichsammlung 4298 (for 1700 ed.).

Provenance: Sven Borgström was born in Malmö in 1927 and worked as a chemist in Stockholm, Malmö and Lund. His fine library, which was built up over many years, consists mainly of older books dated from the 16th century to the late 18th century.
His book-collecting began, as it perhaps should, with an incunabula. Borgström's interests included printers, book bindings, book illustrations, and he was interested in history, travel and maps. As a result of previous coin collecting, the subject of numismatics was also of interest in his library. Sven Borgström died 95 years old.Show more

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