Newly opened Masque Hall

Lot 1515 limit € 80

11 copperplate engravings, 1 of which colored, from: Newly opened Masquen Hall, Or: The disguised Heydnic gods, goddesses and deified heroes Theatrical temple, In which more than 200 copperplate engravings show how such deities ... are clothed ... can become; In addition to the attached accurate description of their characters and colors, ed. by Johann Meßelreuter, the publication appeared in Bayreuth in 1723, partly set in a simple passe-partout, signs of age (including creases, stained, edges partly trimmed), sheet each approx. 31 x 19 cm