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Memorabilia Bibliothecae Academicae Ienensis, siue, Designatio codicum manuscriptorum in illa Bibliotheca et librorum impressorum, plerumque rariorum, concinnata potissimum ad usus suorum in collegiis litterariis auditorum / a Joh. Christoph. Mylio ..

Mylius, Johann Christoph, 1710-1757, Bernigeroth, Johann Martin, 1713-1767, Brün, C. F, Cröker, Johann Christoph · 1746 · [Jena ; Weissenfels] : Venundantur Ienae et Weissenfelsae apud Ioh. Christoph. Croekerum · 11 pictures

A 1746 catalogue of manuscripts and rare printed books held by the Jena university library, compiled by Johann Christoph Mylius for students attending academic lectures, printed in Jena and Weissenfels. The pictures are small printer's ornaments in the 18th-century German style: foliate scrolls, crowned cartouches, a central shield and a single leaf, all cut as black woodblock-like rules and flourishes on aged paper. A designer could draw on their symmetrical, compact decorative vocabulary for tailpieces, dividers and vignettes.

Universitätsbibliothek Jena · Manuscripts · Rare books

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