Historischer Bilder Bibel ... Theil: Dritter Theil: darinn die Historien deß 1 und 2 Buchs Samuelis, deß 1 und 2 Buchs von den Königen, deß 1 und 2 Buchs der Chronica abgebildet
This is a 1705 German illustrated Bible, the third part of Johann Ulrich Kraus's Historischer Bilder Bibel, covering the books of Samuel, Kings and Chronicles for a Protestant readership. Its pages are engraved plates of biblical scenes set in grand architectural interiors and gardens, each framed by a text panel and a decorative cartouche of scrollwork, garlands and putti. A designer might take the symmetrical baroque framing, the cartouches with swags and cherubs, and the stage-like perspective of palace halls and courtyards as models for ornamental borders and title pages.
