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A treasure house of books : the library of Duke August of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Grolier Club
Other Authors: Schmidt-Glintzer, Helwig (Editor), Green, Malcolm R. (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wolfenbüttel : Herzog August Bibliothek, [1998]
Series:Ausstellungskataloge der Herzog August Bibliothek ; Nr. 75.
Subjects:
Herzog August Bibliothek > Exhibitions.
August, > Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, > 1579-1666 > Library > Exhibitions.
Rare books > Germany > Wolfenbüttel > Bibliography > Exhibitions.
Early printed books > Germany > Wolfenbüttel > 16th century > Bibliography > Exhibitions.
Early printed books > Germany > Wolfenbüttel > 17th century > Bibliography > Exhibitions.
Livres rares > Allemagne > Wolfenbüttel > Livres > Expositions.
Livres anciens > Allemagne > Wolfenbüttel > 16e siècle > Livres > Expositions.
Livres anciens > Allemagne > Wolfenbüttel > 17e siècle > Livres > Expositions.
August, > Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, > 1579-1666.
Herzog August Bibliothek.
Early printed books.
Libraries.
Rare books.
Germany > Wolfenbüttel.
Herzog-August-Bibliothek (Wolfenbüttel, Allemagne)
Livres rares > Catalogues d'exposition.
1500-1699
Bibliographies.
Exhibition catalogs.
Table of 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.