Martin Tyroff (1704-1759)

EX LIBRIS WITH A VIEW OF A LIBRARY - WILHELM ALEXANDR BALAUS

Nuremberg, c. 1750-1752
Copperplate on handmade paper, 18,5x14 cm, signed lower center "Martin Tyroff fec. Nbgae". Vilém Alexandr Balaus (1711–1752) - a Brno citizen, Moravian provincial lawyer and bibliophile. Another copy is in the Rajhrad Monastery Library, KBOR, inv. No. R-I.b.998. Almost torn paper by the lower edge.