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Bongarsiana

Goldverzierter Einband von Antoine Le Pois: Discours sur les medalles et graveures antiques, principalement romaines, Paris, 1579, Signatur MUE Bong IV 596
Antoine Le Pois: Discours sur les medalles et graveures antiques, principalement romaines, 1579, MUE Bong IV 596

The library of the French diplomat and scientist Jacques Bongars (1554–1612) was incorporated in the “Liberey”, today’s University Library, in 1632. As a humanist Bongars collected books attempting to cover every field of knowledge possible in his time. The Bibliotheca Bongarsiana features 6.856 prints (among them 122 incunabula) und 500 manuscripts, predominantly of medieval origin. The print works are stored in the Münstergasse Library whereas the manuscripts are in the Burgerbibliothek.

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