467 - Florinus,F.P.

Florinus,F.P. Oeconomus prudens et legalis continuatus. Or Great Lords and Noble Householders, consisting of five books... with legal annotations on all kinds of occurrences by Johann Christoph Donauer. Nuremberg, Riegel's seel. Wittib und Erben 1719. fol. 7 pp., 980 (correct 974) p., 406 (correct 440) p., 28 pp. With folded, engraved portrait, 76 text engravings and engraved vignettes and 26 (10 fol.) copper plates. Hardcover with rtit. and rverg. Humpert 8622. Kress 4907. NDB 5, 255. Lindner 11.617.01. First edition of the continuation (vol. 1 was published in 1702) of this outstanding work of domestic literature. - "Florinus' work represents the next generation after Hohberg and his 'Georgica curiosa' of 1682, which Florinus used heavily, even adopting it verbatim in places. Beyond Hohberg, the F... is the most comprehensive and most sumptuously decorated work, the outer pinnacle of German domestic literature..." (NDB). More clearly than his predecessors, Florinus turns against rural superstition and thus prepares the transition to the literature of the Enlightenment. The present volume describes court etiquette and the art of government, the construction and maintenance of magnificent and state buildings and pleasure gardens. The art of horsemanship as well as hunting and gamekeeping take up a large part of the volume. - The engravings show, among other things, beautiful hunting and dressage scenes, gardens and scenes from the court as well as 2 double-page views of Salzthalen Castle near Brunswick. - Beginning and portrait with some small wormholes. N.a.front title. Overall unusually well-preserved and almost spotless copy.