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Title: Der Chur-Fürstlichen Sächsischen weitberuffenen Residentz- und Haupt-Vestung Dresden Beschreib: und Vorstellung, Auf der Churfürstlichen Herrschaft ... Belieben in Vier Abtheilungen verfaßet, mit Grund: und anderen Abrißen erläutert Author: Weck, Anton Place: Nuremberg Publisher: Hoffmann Date: 1679 Description: With frontispiece portrait & 19 (of 22) copper-engraved plates (6 folding, 6 double-page); occasional engravings in the text. (folio) 31x21 cm. (12¼x8¼"), modern half cloth & boards, new endpapers. First Edition. Rare history of Dresden with engraved plates of views, architectural edifices, plans, etc. OCLC/WorldCat lists only nine copies, and no copies have sold at auction since at least 1975, according to American Book Prices Current. Lot Amendments Condition: Darkening to contents, many of the plates and some of the text pages with extensive paper repairs to chips and missing pieces, about 4 of the folding plates with portions missing, known to be missing some text pages and about 3 plates, just fair to good, but quite rare, sold as is. Item number: 226553