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Technology - Crafts - Kunckel von Löwenstern, Johann. Again Newly Erected and Enlarged in Two Parts curieuse Kunst- und Werck-Schul ... First (&) Other Part. 2 volumes. With engraved frontispiece and numerous woodcuts. Nuremberg, Zieger, 1705/07. 3 p., 1357 p., 28 p.; 6 p., 1463 p., 28 p. (last white). 21.5 x 16 cm. Contemporary leather bindings over wooden boards (spine rubbed and lightened, covers somewhat bent open, small wormholes). Second edition, still by Kunckel himself, first published in 1696. - Dünnhaupt 2476, 9.2 - Brüning 3186 - Encyclopedic summary of baroque enameling techniques and craftsmanship. - Volume 1 describes, among other things, the production and processing of gemstones and pearls, glass, mirrors and metals, the art of gold and silver cutting, the preparation of natural objects, embalming, etc.; volume 2 describes inks, paints, varnishes and lacquers, colored paper and perfume, art chamber pieces as well as optical and acoustic illusions. - Provenance: Engraved bookplate of the Juel family library on Valdemars Slot in both volumes, in the second ownership note "Juell" on the flyleaf. - Volume 1 waterstained at the beginning and end (endpapers partly glued to the spines) and slightly worm-eaten, otherwise a clean copy with the second volume mostly missing. VAT: *
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Technology - Crafts - Kunckel von Löwenstern, Johann. Again Newly Erected and Enlarged in Two Parts curieuse Kunst- und Werck-Schul ... First (&) Other Part. 2 volumes. With engraved frontispiece and numerous woodcuts. Nuremberg, Zieger, 1705/07. 3 p., 1357 p., 28 p.; 6 p., 1463 p., 28 p. (last white). 21.5 x 16 cm. Contemporary leather bindings over wooden boards (spine rubbed and lightened, covers somewhat bent open, small wormholes). Second edition, still by Kunckel himself, first published in 1696. - Dünnhaupt 2476, 9.2 - Brüning 3186 - Encyclopedic summary of baroque enameling techniques and craftsmanship. - Volume 1 describes, among other things, the production and processing of gemstones and pearls, glass, mirrors and metals, the art of gold and silver cutting, the preparation of natural objects, embalming, etc.; volume 2 describes inks, paints, varnishes and lacquers, colored paper and perfume, art chamber pieces as well as optical and acoustic illusions. - Provenance: Engraved bookplate of the Juel family library on Valdemars Slot in both volumes, in the second ownership note "Juell" on the flyleaf. - Volume 1 waterstained at the beginning and end (endpapers partly glued to the spines) and slightly worm-eaten, otherwise a clean copy with the second volume mostly missing. VAT: *
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