Joh Jacob Sandrart - Iconologia Deorum, Oder Abbildung der Gotter, Welche von den Alten verehret worden... vorgefugt ist, - 1680

An exceptional copy of Iconología, 1st edition, year 1680. Von Sandrart, Joachim, illustrated by Joh Jacob Sandrart, Nurnberg. Written in German, 212 pages (complete work). 25 engraved plates with lettering and captions; plates X and Y printed together as a single sheet; ornamented and detailed engravings everywhere (including title page with vignette, headpiece and tailpiece, initials, decorative friezes); very attractive engravings. First edition, pages clean and strong. Some period restoration and annotations by the former owner give it a special character - Size: 39 x 26.5 cm - goatskin parchment binding somewhat worn with time. incomplete, it has 25 plates.