Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library Part VII

Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library Part VII

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Schwarz, De ornamentis librorum et varia rei librariae veterum, Leipzig, 1756, contemporary paper boards

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SCHWARZ, CHRISTIAN GOTTLIEB. De ornamentis librorum et varia rei librariae veterum supellectile dissertationum antiquariarum hexas. Leipzig: Johann Christian Langenheim, 1756


UNCUT COPY of this collected edition of six dissertations by the philologist Schwarz, professor of rhetoric and librarian at the University of Altdorf, on the making of books, including Torah scrolls and papyrus rolls, their illumination and binding, posthumously edited by Johann Christian Leuschner.

4to (232 x 180 mm). Roman and italic type, 39 lines plus headline. collation: A-2G4: 120 leaves + 5 folding plates. 5 folding illustrations, woodcut device on title-page, woodcut initials, ornaments and diagrams. (Some browning and spotting.)


binding: Contemporary paper boards (240 x 197 mm), title and ?shelfmark pasted over spine. (Binding somewhat rubbed at extremities.)


provenance: "B.V.M. in Salem ad Abbatia", eighteenth-century inscription to title, likely Salem Abbey, Baden-Württemberg, closed 1802. acquisition: Purchased in 2003 from Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books, London. references:  Graesse VI:322

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