Historia bibliothecae Reip. Noribergensis ….

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Creator

Saubert, Johann

Title

Historia bibliothecae Reip. Noribergensis ….

Coverage

Nuremberg

Publisher

W. Endter

Date

1643

Description

This early history of the Nuremberg Library by Johann Saubert (1592–1646) includes, as an appendix comprising nearly half of its 214 pages, a census of the library’s books printed before 1500. As such, it represents not only the first catalogue of incunabula, but the first time books printed during the early decades of printing were set apart in a special class.

Source

Bequest of Mrs. William Loring Andrews, 1931.