Nosseni,G.M.

Time Register on the Statuam Nabuchodonosoris. It also contains many other figures and writings, which will be explained later. Besides an extract and short register of the times and names of all the rulers who have possessed and governed the four monarchies, the papacy, and the Turkish Empire from the time of the Flood until the present year. Dresden, Schütz, 1602. Cl.4°. With 8 (instead of 9) partly folded. Engravings by Kellerthaler after Nosseni. 4 nn., 48 num., 1 nn. Stapled, without binding (stitching loose). ABD Lll, 662 - On the architect and sculptor Nosseni (1544-1620), who was born in Lugano and worked in Dresden, see Th./B. XXV, 522. The present detailed description of a statue Nosseni created in imitation of the visions of Nebuchadnezzar described in the Book of Daniel was published between 1602 and 1612 in various equally rare adaptations. - Without the plate "Statuam Nabuchodonosoris" on leaf 13, which is listed in the list of plates. - Title page and last leaf with marginal damage, some dampstaining and staining, some plates with marginal tears and mostly folded.