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Beschreibung des Haubt- und Frey-Schiessen, : welches von Ihro Kayser- und Königl. Catholischen Majestät Carolo Sexto, wegen erfreulichster Geburt, Leopoldi, dero Erst-Gebohrnen Ertz-Hertzogens zu Oesterreich, und Printzens von Asturien, der Wiennerischen Burgerschafft gegenem worden

by: Schaffhausser, Elias, engraver; Kollmann, Franz Tobias, ill; Gray, E. Kenneth, associated name. IU-R

Publication date: 1716

Topics: Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1685-1740, Leopold, Archduke of Austria, 1716-1716, Emblems, Emblem books, Emblem books, German

Publisher: Wien in Oesterreich : Gedruckt bey Andreas Heyinger, Stadt-Buchdruckern

Collection: emblem; americana

Contributor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Language: German

Depicts shooting festival held to celebrate the birth of Prince Leopold, son and short-lived heir of Emperor Charles VI

Title-page includes chronogram: ConsVLe reM gerente LaVrentIo De gVttenberg

Six engraved circular target emblems, unsigned; 3 large folded plates, engravings signed: Frantz Tobias Kollman ... del. ; Elias Schaffhausser, sculp

Provenance: Purchased from Martayan Lan, 16 August 2004; acquired in part through the Dr. E. Kenneth Gray Endowment

Watanabe-O'Kelly & Simon. Festivals and ceremonies