Lot 3435: Decker, Paul (1677-1713) . , Fürstlicher Baumeister, oder architectura civilis... Erster Theil (Anhang... Anderer Theil). Augsburg, 1711-1716

3 parts in one volume, folio (448 x 325mm.), [10 (including title-page)]; [2 (sub-title)]; [2 (title-page)] pp., title-pages printed in red and black, illustration : engraved frontispiece, 131 engraved plates (most double-page, some folding) by Bodenehr, Böcklin, Corvinus, Ostertag, Probst and others after Decker, woodcut initials and tail-piece, binding : contemporary speckled calf gilt, spine gilt in compartments, occasional short tears in margins, sides rubbed, joints partly split

Fowler 97; Berlin Catalogue 1990

first edition. Paul Decker was one of the most exuberant exponents of the German baroque. The present work preserves his most grandiose fantasies which never developed beyond the design stage. Unusually, this copy is not edge-bound, resulting in the text leaves being folded.