Von Schnebelin´s rare utopian fiction and portrait
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UTOPIAN FICTION (2). SCHNEBELIN, JOHANN ANDREAS VON. Erklärung der wunder-seltzamen Land-Charten Utopiae, so das ist, das neu-entdeckte Schlarraffenland, worinnen all und jede Laster der schalkhafftigen Welt, als besondere Königreiche, Herrschafften und Gebiete mit vielen läppischen Städten, Festungen, Flecken und Dörfern, Flüssen, Bergen, Seen, Insuln, Meer und Meer-Busen und wie nicht weniger dieser Nationen Sitten, Regiment, Gewerbe, samt vielen lesswürdigen närrischen Seltenheiten, und merckwürdigen Einfällen aufs deutlichste beschrieben... (Nürnberg, David Funck) 1694.
12mo (127x70 mm). 396 pp. Engraved frontispiece titled "Neu entdecktes Schlarraffen -Landt" (depicts a man with a globe of Schlarraffen-Landt on his shoulders, while he is standing on the existing world).
Contemporary marbled paper boards, spine with gilt-lettered green title label, red edges, corners and spine slightly worn, bumped. Title slightly shaved to upper margin, slightly affecting first word, last 3 pages with small repair to margin, last 2 pages with paper reinforcements, some slight foxing and a few minor ink stains.
Contemporary inscription to front endpaper, indication the provenance from the library of a German baronial family.
Scarce first edition of this utopian work.
Johann Andreas von Schnebelin (died 1705), Austrian military leader and satirical author. Active as a commander in Imperial Service 1690-1705.
Von Schnebelin names literary sources like Thomas More, Jakob Bidermann and Joseph Hall. He most probably had a copy of Peter Schenk's map "Schlaraffenland"or "The Land of Milk and Honey" in front of him, as he wrote his famous satirical work (Franz von Reitinger, Literary Mapping in German-Speaking Europe, 2007).
TOGETHER WITH: WEIGEL, CHRISTIAN. Johann Andreas von Schnebelin General Feld Marschall Lieutenant. Nürnberg, c. 1704.
Mezzotinta engraved oval portrait of von Schnebelin. About 324x218 mm. Fine impression, slight spot and some minor foxing to margin.
Auktionsnummer:
6246
Datum:
2017-06-20