[FÜRSTENBERG, Ferdinand von].
Monumenta Paderbornensia ex historia Romana, Francica, Saxonica eruta et novis inscriptionibus, figuris, tabulis geographicis & notis illustrata. ... Editio tertia ...
Frankfurt, Leipzig, Christoph Riegel (printed by Johann Ernest Adelbulner [in Nürnberg]), 1713. 4to. With engraved author's portrait, engraved title-page, letterpress title-page with an engraved device, 3 folding engraved maps, 2 folding engraved views, 26 further engraved plates and some small woodcut illustrations in text.
Including (with a drop-title): [HORION, J. de]. Paneygyricus, die natali Academiae Theodorianae Paderbornensis.
[Frankfurt, Leipzig, Christoph Riegel, 1713]. With an engraved author's portrait, an engraved title-page and one engraved plate. 4to. Contemporary vellum, red sprinkled edges. [48], 309, [19]; [14], 134, [34] pp.
€ 2,500
Third edition of a famous, beautifully illustrated chronicle of the city and Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn in the northwest German Duchy of Westphalia, written by the Prince Bishop, Ferdinand of Fürstenberg (1626-1683) and first published in 1669. Fürstenberg was a poet, historian, scholar and promotor of arts and sciences. In the book many monuments are described. These monuments commemorate historical or other events or occasions. Churches, bridges and wells are also reckoned among these monuments. The monuments are beautifully illustrated with nice views. It also includes 3 maps, depicting the Diocese of Paderborn at the time of publication, during the Roman Empire and during the Frankish Empire. The Paneygyricus gives a rather compact but also detailed account of Paderborn through the ages, with an emphasis on religious and especially academic aspects.
With contemporary manuscript notes in ink and pencil on the first free endleaf the bookplate of the Neander Library. Binding slightly soiled, otherwise in fine condition. Ebert 14340; Fauser I, LX; cf. Landwehr, Romein de Hooghe 23; Willems 1473.
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