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De rebus a Carolo Gustavo Sueciæ rege gestis commentariorum

Author: Samuel von Pufendorf (German, 1632–1694)
Illustrated by: Erik Dahlberg (Swedish, 1625–1703)
Illustrated by: David Klöcker (German, worked in Sweden, 1629–1698)
Engraver: Samuel Blesendorf (German, 1633–1706)
Engraver: Jean Boulanger (French, 1608–1680)
Engraver: Jacques Grignon (French, about 1640–active to 1698)
Engraver: François La Pointe (French, active about 1666–1696)
Engraver: Jean Lepautre (French, 1618–1682)
Engraver: Pierre Lombart (French, 1611/12–1681)
Engraver: Nicolas Perelle (French, 1631–about 1695)
Engraver: Pierre(?) Richer (French, active 1630–1670)
Engraver: Pieter (Pierre-Louis) van Schuppen (Flemish (worked in France), 1627–1702)
Engraver: Willem Swidde (Dutch, worked Sweden, 1660/61–1697)
Printer: Johann Leonhard Knorz (German, born in 1674)
Publisher: Christoph Riegel (German, died in 1714)
1696
Place of Publication: Nuremberg, Germany

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 126 engravings
Dimensions Overall: 36.5 x 25.2 x 9.8 cm (14 3/8 x 9 15/16 x 3 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Samuel Glaser
Accession Number1970.638
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Nuremberg: Johann Leonhard Knorz, for Christoph Riegel, 1696

Catalogue Raisonné Brunet IV, 960; VD17 39:124163A; Hollstein, German, IV, p. 119, no. 30; Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish, XXIX, pp. 165-67, nos. 174-91; Bibliothèque Nationale, Inventaire 17th, V, pp. 47-48, nos. 63-64; XI, pp. 337-43, nos. 955-65
Description(Nuremberg: Johann Leonhard Knorz, for Christoph Riegel, 1696) Folio; 353 leaves, plus plates; contemporary blind-stamped pigskin, with extra armorial stamps on upper and lower covers (tan-gray cloth box)

Illustrations: portraits, city views, battle views, ceremonial processions, including the complete funeral procession of King Carl Gustav, 1660.
Provenance1970, year-end gift of Samuel Glaser, Newton, MA to the MFA. (Accession date: January 13, 1971)