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Street Cries Combined with City Guide [GABLER, Ambrosius.] Ausrufende Personen in Nürnberg mit Prospecten der Stadt, nebst einer kurzen Beschreibung. Mit acht Kupfern. Nürnberg, Homanns Erben, 1805. 4to, (285 x 220mm), ll. 8 hand-coloured engraved plates, pp. 4; original printed wrappers, giving the title within a decorative frame; lower corner a little bent, else a very nice copy with charming contemporary colouring.
Re-issue of a very rare early book of trades and professions for the merchant city of Nürnberg. The work was first published in 1790, with two series of 6 and 4 plates respectively, and then re-issued with 8 plates. Gabler’s book of trade is very unusual because the trades are depicted in front of well known Nürnberg buildings, with the relevant topographical information given below, and thus serve as a kind of tourist or visitor’s guide to the city. This was actually included on the more detailed title: ‘ Ausruffende Personen in Nürnberg mit den vornehmsten Prospecten der dortigen Hauptstrassen, vorzüglichsten Gasthöfe, Märkte, Plätze, und öffentlichen Gebäude [et]c’ Depicted are a seller of towels and table linen, a goose merchant, a rag collector for papermaking; a local beer seller, a seller of mouse- and rat-traps, seller of brooms, socks and flint stones to mention just some. The fine engravings are by the engraver and etcher Ambrosius Gabler (1762-1834), son of the painter Nikolaus Gabler, who introduced him at an early age to drawing and engraving. His engravings were very popular indeed and give an exact and immediate picture of the time. Beall D46 (1790 edition – recording copies at Berlin and Hamburg), Colas 1143 (1790 edition); Hiler 348; Lipperheide Dfe 16; Thieme-Becker XIII, p. 8; OCLC: 1790: Berlin, Munich, Buffalo & Eerie County Library; this 1805 reprint: Harvard only.
3500,- EUR
inkl. 7% USt./incl. 7% VAT
Sachgebiete: Bayern, Berufe, Kulturgeschichte, Landeskunde
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