[MOSELLE, SAARE, NECKAR, MAIN] - Ausführliche und grundricht - Lot 322

[MOSELLE, SAARE, NECKAR, MAIN] - Ausführliche und grundrichtige Beschreibung der vier weltberühmten Ströme Mosel/ Saar/ Neckar und Mayn. Frankfurt and Leipzig, Riegel, 1690; in-16, 4 ff.n.ch. + 1048 pp. + 6 ff.n.ch., contemporary laced parchment, smooth muted spine (dusty binding). First edition. In accordance with the title, the work is divided into four chapters. In addition to the rivers themselves, it describes, in alphabetical order, the neighboring towns and localities with their respective constitutions, statutes, population situation, architectural features, etc. Engraved double-page frontispiece (small missing corner, partially detached) and five out-of-text engravings, one of which is folding, out of the 55 that the volume should contain. Copies complete with engravings are quite rare. Paper sometimes browned. Sold as is. Ex-libris Arthur and Louis Benoit.