Live auction - Lot 1443

[Switzerland - Basel]

4 works in 1 vol., composed in honour of Johann Rudolf Faesch (1680-1762), Swiss military officer and politician, elected Burgomaster of Basel in 1760.

Basel, E. Thurneysen, 1760


Hammer price: € 160

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Lot description

4to (some sl. soiling, tear without loss and sl. browning on the 1st pl.).

Contemp. red morocco, gilt fillets and roll frame on boards, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, red leather title-label, gilt endpapers, a.e.g. (sl. rubbed, faded spine, one corner bumped, offsetting of ms. notes in French on 1st endpapers). Nice large-margins copy.

1. Thurneysen, Johann Rudolf - Oratio secularis sistens singularia divinae providentiae beneficia [...] Academia Basiliensis [...]. vi-[2]-83 pp. Ill. with 2 large fold. pl.: allegorical scene with dedication to the Academy of Basel engr. by Chr. von Mechel after J.C. Heilmann, J.R. Faesch's portrait (placed with the next work) engr. by J. Houbraken (dated 1747) after J. Huber. Title printed in red and black. Ref. VD18 10885781. - e-rara.ch (copy of Univ. Basel). - 2. Id. - Der hohen Schule zu Basel Glücksäligkeiten und Vorzüge in dem Reiche der Gelehrsamkeit [...]. [8]-124 pp. Ornated with 4 woodcut headpieces (1 signed Finck with J.R. Fesch's coat of arms) and 1 large tailpiece. Ref. VD18 90362748. - e-rara.ch (copy of Univ. Basel with a variant, not ill., of the dedication to Faesch). - 3. Spreng, Johann Jacob - Raurachs Jubelfürst [...]. 14 pp. Orn. with woodcut head- and tailpieces. Ref. VD18 90341589. - 4. (Spreng, Johann Jacob; Thurneysen, Johann Jakob) - Zuruf der Rauracis an ihren Jubelredner. 6 pp. Ref. VD18 90749332.
Joined: Hübler, Franz - Vorlesebuch über die Militär-Oekonomie-Controlle der kaiserlichen königlichen österreichischen Armee [...]. Vienna & Triest, Geistinger, printed by L. Grund, 1821. Folio. Contemp. straight-grained red morocco, a.e.g. (some sl. rubbing, min. marg. tear on upper board). Nice copy. (2 vol.)

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Lot 1443

4 works in 1 vol., composed in honour of Johann Rudolf Faesch (1680-1762), Swiss military officer and politician, elected Burgomaster of Basel in 1760.

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