Hulsen, Esaias of Aigentliche Wahrhaffte Delineatio... Lot 3

Hulsen, Esaias of Aigentliche Wahrhaffte Delineatio and illustration of all princely processions and Rütterspilen. By the Highborn Princes and Lords, Lords Johann Friderichen Hertzogen zu Württemberg ... Young princes and son of Hertzog Ulrichen, well-employed princely child baptism: and then at the ... Ludwigen Friderichen Hertzogen zu Württemberg ... With the radiolucent Highborn Princess... Magdalena Elisabetha, Countess of Hesse... Princely Supplement and High-Time Frewdenfest Celebrirt and held. In the princely capital Stuetgartt. The 13.14.15.16. and 17. July Anno 1617, Stuttgart, 1618, with 90 of 91 etched plates as well as 2 of originally 6 folding pictures, leather band on 6 frets, gilt spine with label on the back, transverse quart, ex libris. Bound: Georg Rudolf Weckherlin, Kurtze Beschreibung Des zu Stutgarten bey den Fürstlichen Kindtauf und Hochzeit Jüngst-gehaltenen Frewden-Feste ..., Tübingen, Werlin, 1618, 71 p., title page with woodcut Württemberg coat of arms, description of the illustration of the festivities in the first work and explanations of the regulations issued for the festivities, Weckherlin (1584-1653) was a well-known poet as well as ambassador and secretary of Duke Johann Friedrich. Stronger signs of age, partly dam. and stained, plate 41 with tear outside the illustration, plate 76 missing, title page mounted old, endpaper with handwritten entry. Plate 23 by Matthäus Merian signed, plates 23 to 30 are attributed to Merian, other plates probably by Friedrich Brentel.