Abraham a Santa Clara (d.i. U.Megerle). Lot n° 2

Something for Everyone, That is: A Brief Description of All the Class, Ambit and Commercial Persons... Mixed edition, 3 vols. Würzburg, Hertz 1711-33. front, 7 pp, 530 (of 532) pp, 5 (of 6) pp, 100 copper plates; front, 6 pp, 793 pp, 19 pp reg, 77 copper plates. Front., 7 leaf, 886 p., 1 leaf, pp. 887-974, 15 leaf, 103 copper plates. Ldrbde. d. Zt. with gilt edges and ribbon. Dünnhaupt 35.I.3 (with different year), 35.II.1 u. 35.III.2. Bertsche 38a, 3b, 56a, 2 u. 57a, 2. Goed. III, 240, 20 (II). Faber de Faur I, 1119 (II). Jantz I, 313 (I). - Tl. 1 in third edition, Tl. 2 in first edition u. Tl. 3 in second edition. - The plates with an abundance of baroque occupational depictions, each explained below with a six-liner. Among them: apothecary, doctor, bookbinder, bell founder, merchant, cook, engraver, organ maker, scribe, type founder, shoemaker, dancing master, weaver, carpenter, etc. - Taf. partly somewhat faded in the impression. In tl. 1, pp. 287/288 (photocopy enclosed) and the last reg. leaf are missing. Tit. of tl. 3 deeply torn at top of bow. Plate 29 in tl. 2 with small hole in the illustration. P. 237/238 in vol. 1 and 737/738 in vol. 2 with small tear at sides with some loss of text. Three plates and three text leaves with small marginal or corner tears without loss of image or text. Some light foxing, mostly lightly browned. Vol. 1 a bit finger-flecked. Book block of vol. 1 compressed and broken. Binding somewhat scuffed, ob. Capital of vol. 1 with small tear, lower capitals of vol. 1 & 3 somewhat damaged. - Leather bindings of the time with gilt and spine decoration - part 1 in the third, part 2 in the first and part 3 in the second edition. - Boards partly somewhat faded in impression. Part 1 lacks pp. 287/288 (photocopy enclosed) and the last index leaf. Title of part 3 deeply torn at upper bow. Plate 29 in part 2 with small hole in the illustration. P. 237/238 in part 1 and p. 737/738 in volume 2 with small tear at sides with some loss of text. Three plates and three text leaves with small marginal or corner tears without loss of image or text. Partly lightly foxed, mostly slightly browned. Volume 1 somewhat fingerstained. Book block of vol. 1 compressed and broken. Bindings somewhat scuffed, top capital of vol. 1 with small tear, lower capitals of vols. lower capitals of volumes 1 and 3 somewhat damaged.