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Lot 162

ANTIQUE GERMANICARUM VELLUM, ILLUSTRATED IN THREE VOLUMES, 1728 GERMAN HISTORY

Estimate: $1,575 - $1,800

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Year/Century: 18th century
Language: Latin
Subject: Illustrated
Binding: Vellum
Description: Germanicarum Scriptores, praecipue Saxonicarum. 3 volumes Leipzig, Joannis Christiani Martini; 1728-30  Folio: 9 by 14" With engraved frontispiece, engraved title vignettes, some head vignettes, 18  copper plates and 1 text copper engraving. Vellum bound  First and only edition. Very good condition, minor wear "Proven collection, comes close to Leibniz's importance. Historical research has been greatly influenced by the publication of historical sources like Ermoldus Nigellus, Cosmas v. Prague, Benzo, Eberhard Windeck, the celebrated Chronicon Sanpetrinum Erfurt, Rothes Chronik v. Thuringia, Hartung Kammermeisters (Erfurter) Annalen, and Kerssenbroich's The history of the uprising in Münster, among others" (Wegele) Latin text.

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