Furttenbach (Joseph) Architectura Recreationis: Das ist: Von Allerhand Nutzlich: und Erfrewlichen Civilischen Gebäwen, only edition, title in red and black with typographic border, additional engraved pictorial title, portrait and 35 plates, all double-page, some also folding, most by Matthias Remboldt after the author, plate 25 with hole at centre of folds, Macclesfield copy with embossed stamp to title & following two leaves and South Library bookplate, contemporary vellum, spine titled in manuscript, [Berlin Kat. 1957; not in BAL, Fowler or Millard], folio, Augsburg, Johann Schulte, 1640.

⁂ An excellent copy of these attractive designs for grand houses, palaces and their formal gardens, some with mazes, grottoes etc. One palace includes a private theatre with several plates of stage sets and also one of the earliest diagrams showing the positioning of lighting for stage performances (Furttenbach had studied stage design under Giulio Parigi in Florence). This is one of Furttenbach’s scarcer publications.