A Treasure House of Books: The Library of Duke August of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel
Grolier Club, 1998. Softcover. Red wraps with color illustration and white lettering, 270 pp, illustrated in color and bw. VG (minor discoloration spots on textblock, all pages clear and intact). Item #178480
ISBN: 9781605830292
Contents: The Grolier Club of New York / William T. Buice, III -- Wolfenbüttel profiles: collectors in a library / Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer -- The Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel: foundations for the future / Jill Bepler -- Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and the Thirty Years War ; Libraries in the seventeenth century / Werner Arnold -- The Bibliotheca Augusta as a growing universe from 1586 until 1666 / Maria von Katte -- Bookbindings in the Bibliotheca Augusta / Nicholas Pickwoad -- Duke August and his book agents / Helmar Härtel -- The hunting collector / Wolf-Dieter Otte -- Cultural life at the Wolfenbüttel Court 1635-1666 / Jill Bepler -- Duke August and his revision of the Holy Bible / Wolf-Dieter Otte -- Herzog August and the Hartlib circle / Jill Bepler -- The unknown collector: Duke August and his cabinet of art and curiosities / Wolf-Dieter Otte -- Illustrations. Exhibition held at the Grolier Club, New York City, Dec. 8, 1998-Feb. 6, 1999. Includes bibliographical references.
OCLC: 947840042
Price: $32.00