South German Baroque.- Kraus (Johann Ulrich) Heilige Augen- und Gemueths-Lust , 2 parts in 1, first edition, part 1 with xylographic half-title, letterpress title with engraved vignette, four-page preface with engraved pictorial head-piece and ornamental initial, one-page index of holidays, full-page allegorical engraving of the Church, and 70 engraved plates, part 2 with letterpress title with engraved vignette, full-page engraving of the apostles and their symbols, and 50 plates, all the engravings finely coloured throughout with some gold heightening, all by a contemporary hand, the plates printed on thick card paper, interleaved, occasional minor marginal soiling, small marginal repairs to 2 text leaves, plate 32 with small stain, contemporary dark brown speckled calf over boards, covers with single gilt fillet border, spine richly gilt with red morocco gilt lettering-piece, gilt edges, a little rubbed, lower joint starting, folio (336 x 205mm.), Augsburg, Johann Ulrich Kraus [1706]. ⁂ Special copy of Kraus' famous illustrated book, representing one of the high points from the Southern German Baroque period. Unique and splendid luxury copy with the engravings beautifully coloured in gouache and watercolour, heightened in gold and on special thick card paper. Johann Ulrich Kraus (1655-1719) was one of the most successful engravers and publishers at Augsburg in the latter part of the 17th century. This monumental emblem book was conceived as a suite to his famous Picture Bible or Bilderbibel (1698-1700), and follows the same illustrative formula, in which the upper portion of each plate contains an illustration of a Bible scene and the lower portion an engraved circular emblem. Each plate is devoted to a different Saint's day, and each emblem is printed within an elaborate cartouche or frame, itself often incorporating small medallion vignettes or emblems. In his artistic style Kraus's ornamental engravings - represented here by the varied and imaginative emblem cartouches - were widely influential in Germany, through their use as models for cabinetmakers, woodworkers and other craftsmen. While a coloured copy of Kraus's Bilderbibel, also on thick paper, is recorded (cf. Tenschert catalogue XLVIII/98), we have been unable to trace any other coloured copies of the present edition. In his 1933 study of the illustration of the Bilderbibel and its suites (see below), Otto Reichl made no mention of any coloured copies. Literature: Landwehr, German 390. Faber du Faur 1849. Praz, Studies in Seventeenth-Century Imagery, p. 389. Brunet III, 697 (citing Latin version only). Thieme-Becker 21:440. Otto Reichl, Die Illustrationen in vier geistlichen Büchern des Augsburger Kupferstechers, Johann Ulrich Krauss. Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte 294 (Strassburg, 1933).
South German Baroque.- Kraus (Johann Ulrich) Heilige Augen- und Gemueths-Lust , 2 parts in 1, first edition, part 1 with xylographic half-title, letterpress title with engraved vignette, four-page preface with engraved pictorial head-piece and ornamental initial, one-page index of holidays, full-page allegorical engraving of the Church, and 70 engraved plates, part 2 with letterpress title with engraved vignette, full-page engraving of the apostles and their symbols, and 50 plates, all the engravings finely coloured throughout with some gold heightening, all by a contemporary hand, the plates printed on thick card paper, interleaved, occasional minor marginal soiling, small marginal repairs to 2 text leaves, plate 32 with small stain, contemporary dark brown speckled calf over boards, covers with single gilt fillet border, spine richly gilt with red morocco gilt lettering-piece, gilt edges, a little rubbed, lower joint starting, folio (336 x 205mm.), Augsburg, Johann Ulrich Kraus [1706]. ⁂ Special copy of Kraus' famous illustrated book, representing one of the high points from the Southern German Baroque period. Unique and splendid luxury copy with the engravings beautifully coloured in gouache and watercolour, heightened in gold and on special thick card paper. Johann Ulrich Kraus (1655-1719) was one of the most successful engravers and publishers at Augsburg in the latter part of the 17th century. This monumental emblem book was conceived as a suite to his famous Picture Bible or Bilderbibel (1698-1700), and follows the same illustrative formula, in which the upper portion of each plate contains an illustration of a Bible scene and the lower portion an engraved circular emblem. Each plate is devoted to a different Saint's day, and each emblem is printed within an elaborate cartouche or frame, itself often incorporating small medallion vignettes or emblems. In his artistic style Kraus's ornamental engravings - represented here by the varied and imaginative emblem cartouches - were widely influential in Germany, through their use as models for cabinetmakers, woodworkers and other craftsmen. While a coloured copy of Kraus's Bilderbibel, also on thick paper, is recorded (cf. Tenschert catalogue XLVIII/98), we have been unable to trace any other coloured copies of the present edition. In his 1933 study of the illustration of the Bilderbibel and its suites (see below), Otto Reichl made no mention of any coloured copies. Literature: Landwehr, German 390. Faber du Faur 1849. Praz, Studies in Seventeenth-Century Imagery, p. 389. Brunet III, 697 (citing Latin version only). Thieme-Becker 21:440. Otto Reichl, Die Illustrationen in vier geistlichen Büchern des Augsburger Kupferstechers, Johann Ulrich Krauss. Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte 294 (Strassburg, 1933).
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