Author: Ernst Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg Herzog, I. ( 1601-1675 ) - Jakob SANDRART ( engraver ) - Kaspar von STIELER - Heinrich Ernst TREIBERN ( poets ) :
Title: Wolverdiente Ehren-Seule/ Dem weyland Durchläuchtigsten Fürsten und Herrn/ Herrn Ernst Hertzogen zu Sachsen/ Jülich/ Cleve und Bergk/ Landgrafen in Thüringen/ Marckgrafen zu Meissen/ Gefürsteten Grafen zu Henneberg/ Grafen zu der Marck und Ravensberg/ Herrn zu Ravenstein/ [et]c. Aufgerichtet zum Friedenstein.
Description: Gotha, gedruckt durch Christoph Reyhern, (1678) , in-folio, 476 x 340 mm, (6)nn pp (including the frontispiece) + 378 pp (with 10 engravings, including the frontispiece, most of them folding) + 108 pp + (20)nn pp , bound in modern half leather, gilt title on spine, marbled boards, old bookblock retained. Nice copy printed on crisp paper. Only edition of this sumptuous baroque publication. It commemorates and describes the funerary proceedings of the duke Ernst Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg (1601-1675). Some of the plates depict the funeral procession (the first is a fine bird's eye view) and the lying in state. There is also a huge portrait engraving of the deceased, measuring 424 x 552 mm. The frontispiece depicts a bust of the duke and is dated and signed by the engraver Jakob Sandrat (see Thieme/Becker XXIX , 397). The book ends with several funeral orations and a long (20 pp) poem by Kaspar von Stieler (1632-1707) who by some is credited to be the editor of this book. Complete copy with the often missing portrait; some of the copies we could trace bibliographically only had 9 or fewer engravings (instead of 10 , as in our copy). (See Berliner Ornamentstichkatalog Nr. 3111).. .

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