Abstract
A recapitulation of the history of the the great library of the Bohemian statesman Peter Wok Rosenberg, which after his death entered the Emporor’s treasures in Prague, but was captured by the Swedish Army at the end of the Thirty Years War and brought to Stockholm, where parts still reside in the Royal Library. Its white bindings are a prominent feature of the Rosenberg collection.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Actes et comunications = Transactions / Association Internationale de bibliophilie = International Association of Bibliophily, XIX congrès, Prague, 1995 |
| Editors | Anthony Hobson |
| Publisher | Ediciones El Viso |
| ISBN (Print) | 84-95241-28-5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2003 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Cultural Studies
Free keywords
- Bohemia.
- Renaissance
- bookbinding
- bibliophily
- Library history
- book collecting