SPL Hand Coloured Rare Book Collection Featuring Norman R Bobins

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MOTZ, Jean Michel.
Samlung Augspurgischer Kleider Trachten Augsberg...

The first edition of this compendium of early 18th-century German dress for church, both men’s and women’s costumes, with hand-colored engraved pictorial title page and 27 delicately hand-colored engravings by Rohbausch. Helena Regina was the daughter of the miniature painter, engraver, and publisher Johann Michael Motz, who taught her drawing and engraving. She worked as an engraver in her father’s publishing house and married Christopher Gottlieb Rohbausch in 1757. Her only apparent work was this wonderful set of plates depicting the church-going clothes and costumes of early 18th century Augsburg, including proper funeral attire. Captions in German and French.

Published
[n.p.] [n.d.] 18th century.
References
Not in Colas; Lipperheide; Hiler; Bobins 1057; copy in Donaueschingen Library Catalogue.
Plates
30
Binding/Size
S=8vo
Value
0-5000
Published
[n.p.] [n.d.] 18th century.
Ref
5194

[Collection of Augsburg dresses, traditional costumes...]FIRST EDITION. Small octavo, engraved title, 30 hand-coloured plates, loose as issued, wrapped in contemporary folded paper, housed in a green card wallet with title in MS and title on a paper label. A very scarce and attractive set of German costume plates. Coloured plates in order: 1. Title page. 2. Une Servante dans sa neglige. 3. Une fille d'un ouvrier allant aux noces. 4. Une annonciatrice aux noces du Patriciat. 5. Un Seigneur allant aux funerailles. 6. Une Servante portant les presents des noces. 7. Une fille Catholique se promenant. 8. Un Epoux u comun. 9. Une sage femme allant au Bateme. 10. Un Ministre Lutherien. 11. Une garde d'Enfants allant a l'Eglise. 12. Femme Catholique invitant aux noces. 13. Un annonciateur aux noces du Patriciat. 14. Une Dame de distinction allant aux funerailles. 15. Une Epouse Patrice. 16. Un Sergeant d'un Bourguemaitre. 17. Femme d'un ouvrier allant aux funerailles. 18. Dame de condition allant a l'Eglise pendant l'hiver. 19. Une femme Catholique allant a l'Eglise. 20. Une Epouse du comun. 21. Une Servante allant aux funerailles. 22. Une Servante venant du marche. 23. Une femme d'un ouvrier allant a l'Eglise pendant l'hiver. 24. Fille a la Maison. 25. Femme de Condition allant a l'Eglise. 26. Une Servante portant la corbeille pour l'Epoux 27. Fille allant aux noces. 28. Guet. 29. Epoux Patrice. 30. Fille de Condition allant a l'Elise en Ete.