[Joachim von Sandrart] L'Academia Todesca della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura:

Oder Teutsche Academie der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Künste: Darinn enthalten ein gründlicher Unterricht, von dieser dreyer Künste Eigenschaft ... beschrieben. (...) Durch Joachim von Sandrart. Nuremberg/ Leipzig, printed by J.-Ph. Miltenberger/ C.S. Froberger for J. von Sandrart (Nuremberg) and M. Merian (Franckfurt) and M. & J.F. Endter (Franckfurt), 1675-79, 7 parts in 2 vols., (10),105; (2),376,(12); 24; (10),100,(2),91,(3); (2),95,(1); (2),174,(4) p., with the following engravings: both vols. with frontispiece after Von Sandrart, both vols. with portrait, both vols. with engraved/ woodcut illustrations/ vignettes in the text (partly repeated). Vol. 1 with 2 engraved intertitles, 2 letterpress titles with engraved illustration and 115 (of 116) engraved plates; vol. 2 with 1 engraved intertitle (remainder included in the plate series) and 150 (of 153) (double-page) plates, the plates after Sandrart drawings by R. Collin, G. E. Einhart, P. Kilian, M. Küsell et al., contemporary uniform halfleather with morocco letterpiece, folio.

Vol. 1 lacks plate no. "2" from the series of 14 plates with "Medaglionien"; else this vol. occ. with mild foxing. Vol. 2 lacks the large folding plan of Rome and plate II from the Architectura series. Lacks plate XXVII as always. Also lacks plates D and E from the Sculptura series. That series has plate I (i), Z and an extra copy of plate Y added from another copy, several plates damaged/ repaired. In this vol. plates C and F are loose. Both vols. with owner's stamp crossed out in pen and changed to "A Gysin" on the half title, vol. 1 with unidentified bookplate to inside front board. Both bindings worn. Sold w.a.f. Faber du Faur 1834; Jantz 2182; Arntzen/ Rainwater H 74. The rare first edition of the famous, encyclopedic "Deutsche Academie" by Joachim von Sandrart (1606-1688), painter, engraver, art historian and art collector. Possibly the most important baroque art-historical work, all the same one of the most profusely illustrated works on art ever published. This first edition was most likely issued in installments, as copies exist with different compositions and contents. Parts of the work were reissued, the complete work was expanded and reissued in 1768-1775. The first volume contains the chapters Architectura and Sculptura (with consecutive paging) and most extensively the Pictura, followed by the biography of Von Sandrart. The second volume, too, consists of the chapters Architectura, Sculptura and Pictura, followed by Ovid's Metamorphoses (unillustrated) in German translation after Karel van Mander.