{"product_id":"fables-illustrated-by-joanna-maria-philippina-and-maria-magdalena-kusel","title":"Fables illustrated by Johanna, Maria Philippina and Maria Magdalena Küsel","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eJohanna Sibylla Küsel-Kraus (ca. 1650–1717); Maria Philippina Küsel (1676–c. 1705?); Maria Magdalena Küsel (active c. 1688–1702).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eAesop. Favole scelte \/ Außerlesene Fabeln \/ Fables choisies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eAugsburg, Johannes Jacob Lotter for Johann Ulrich Kraus, 1718.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e4°. [IV], 106 pp. With 50 numbered plate leaves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eModern marbled paper boards.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\"\u003e              \u003c\/span\u003eA trilingual edition of Aesop's fables, with 98 etched illustrations on 50 plates. The full-page frontispiece is signed “Johaña Sib: Krausin eine gebohrne Küslin. Fecit.” (= Johanna Sibylla Küsel-Kraus). Although only this plate bears her signature, Johann Ulrich Kraus states in the foreword that \u003cb\u003eall\u003c\/b\u003e of the illustrations were executed by his wife, Johanna Sibylla. This explicit contemporary acknowledgement is particularly noteworthy, as female engravers rarely received such prominent recognition in early modern illustrated books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eHowever, many of the illustrations actually bear a monogram M, occasionally incorporating a P. This is unusual, as we have not encountered monograms on other prints securely attributable to Johanna Sibylla Küsel-Kraus. The marks therefore raise the possibility that some of these plates were executed by another member of the Küsel family workshop, perhaps her sisters Maria Philippina (MP) or Maria Magdalena (MM). If so, these monograms may offer a rare glimpse into the internal organisation of the Küsel-Kraus workshop and the division of labour among the women of the family. Johanna Sibylla's prominent acknowledgement in the foreword, contrasted with the appearance of these otherwise unexplained monograms, may hint at differing positions within the workshop hierarchy and at varying degrees of artistic responsibility, visibility, and recognition. Perhaps the matter will be resolved in the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eNew Hollstein\u003c\/i\u003e volume, as this series is absent from the published old Hollstein volume on the Küsel family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThis fourth and final Küsel edition is a typical and substantial illustrated production from the mature period of the Küsel-Kraus workshop, documenting Johanna Sibylla Kraus’s central role within one of the most prolific engraving and publishing enterprises of Baroque Augsburg. Such commercially ambitious didactic publications formed the backbone of the business. The illustrations unite emblematic imagery with scenes of everyday life and contemporary occupational types, including farmers, hunters, vintners, bird-catchers, fishermen, cooks, physicians, and fortune-tellers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eCondition: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eSlight staining and thumbing to the frontispiece and occasionally on other leaves. Small tear in blank margin of the final plate leaf. Otherwise in good condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eReference: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eVD 18 10325492; Praz 331 (1707 edition); Brüggemann I, 6 (under Aesop); Fabula docet 66 (French edition). Not in Hollstein; Timm-Bodemann.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Artem Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55710350410071,"sku":null,"price":3400.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/9248\/9647\/files\/artem-214-favole-scelte-01-frontispiece.jpg?v=1793720047","url":"https:\/\/artemrarebooks.com\/products\/fables-illustrated-by-joanna-maria-philippina-and-maria-magdalena-kusel","provider":"Artem Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}