(FENIZER, Johann).

Catalogus Bibliothecae Fenizerianae. Verzeichnis derjenigen Bücher welche in der Fenizerischen Bibliothek befindlich und in dem Pfarrhof bey St. Lorenzen aufbehalten und noch jährlich mehrere hierzu angeschaffet werden, alle in gewisse Ordnungen eingetheilet nebst des seel. Stifters Lebens-Lauf und Bildniss.

16 p.l., 184 pp. (lacking frontis. port.). 8vo, cont. marbled boards. Nuremberg: W. Schwartzkopf, 1776. Second edition, enlarged (1st ed.: 1736) of this very rare library catalogue, describing a collection rich in theological and church history. The Fenizer library was created by a foundation established in 1615 by Johann Fenitzer (1565-1629), a wealthy cutler, in the church of St. Lorenz at Nuremberg. The library received a number of important donations in the 18th century, including the library of Prof. J.W. Baier of Altdorf, which was rich in mystical and fanatical literature. This is one of the first, if not the first, libraries in Germany to be founded by a tradesman, not a nobleman, and marks the beginning of the great change in the nature of libraries and education which took place in the 17th century. Fine copy. Lacking the engraved frontispiece portrait (the portrait was also lacking in the Krieg copy). ❧ Schwenke, Adressbuch der Deutschen Bibliotheken, 1176. Taylor, Book Catalogues, p. 225.

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