Erb-Huldigung, welche der Allerdurchleuchtigst-Großmächtigsten Frauen, Frauen Mariae Theresiae, zu Hungarn und Böheim Königin, als Ertz-Herzogin zu Oesterreich [...] abgeleget.
Large folio (276 x 432 mm). 92 pp. With engr. frontispiece and 11 engr. plates (some double-page-sized, one supersized, folded plate). Contemp. calf with giltstamped Old and New Austrian arms on the covers (oxydized). Wide ornamental cover borders.
€ 3,000.00
Splendid publication celebrating the Maria Theresia's attornment by the estates of Lower Austria, a month after the death of her father, Emperor Charles VI. Complete with the supersized view of the great pageant on the Graben, missing from most copies. The frontispiece shows a portrait of the Empress (after Andrea Altomonte); the remaining engravings show the banquet, the procession, and the guests of honour at the coronation festivities.
Some brown- and fingerstaining throughout. Binding rubbed and chafed; some leather defects.
Nebehay/W. 319. Ruggieri 991. Ornamentstichslg. Berlin 2893. Lipperheide Sc16. Vinet 681. Graesse VII, 406.