[Holzschuher family] Historia genealogicum dominorum Holzschuherorum

ab Aspach et Harlach in Thalheim c.e.t. Patriciae Gentis (...). Accedunt multae tabulae in aes incisae. Itemque Codex omnis generis diplomata (...). Auctore M. Iohanne Christophoro Gatterero. Nuremberg, J.J. Fleischmann, 1755, (40),264,(2); 479,(1) p., finely illustrated with the following engravings (mainly by Martin Tyroff): frontispiece, 18 (large) fold. engr. plates and 17 head- and tailpiece illustrations (incl. with incorporated portraits), 16 letterpress genealogical trees (mostly folding), 19th-cent. half cloth w. gilt-lettered spine, folio.

Lacks frontisp. portrait; occas. sl. foxed; table IIII loose; table X torn on fold; leaf Aaaaa2 torn, else contents good and untrimmed. Upper joint splitting; corners, board edges and top of spine worn. An acceptable copy, with heraldic bookplate "Ex bibliotheca A.C. de Novavilla" (Abraham Cornelis de Neufville (1844-1879)) on upper pastedown. Very rare genealogy of the infuential noble family Holzschuher, by Johann Christoph Gatterer (1727-1799). The plates depict works of art, facsimiles of documents, seals, medals etc.