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[Neumark, Georg]Der Neu-Sprossende Teutsche Palmbaum. Oder Ausführlicher Bericht/ von der Hochlöblichen Fruchtbringenden Gesellschaft Anfang/ Absehn/ Satzungen/ Eigenschaft, und deroselben Fortpflantzung (…) samt einem vollkommenen Verzeichnüss/ aller dieses Palmen-Ordens Mitglieder (…).Joachim Heinrich Schmid, Weimar für Johann Hoffmann, Nuremberg, [1669]

First edition of this comprehensive history and description of the ‘Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft’, the first and largest German language academy.

Description: Contemporary limp vellum with yapped edges. Spine lettered in ink on paper label. Duodecimo: 17 × 10 cm; pp. [24] ll., 480 [i.e. 476] pp., [39] ll. With 33 copper engraved plates (frontispiece portrait plate, title page, 5 portraits, 22 illustrations, 4 armorial plates, with a double genealogical illustration in the text, several decorative initials and tailpieces. Title page printed in red and black. All edges red. ¶

Ref.: Dunnhaupt (2. A.), 53; ThULB: 8 Bud.Var.109; VD17: 3:005143H ¶

Provenance: Contemporary inscription to front paste down: J.C.W. 1772. And to flyleaf: Carl Joachim s./l. [?] Witkowski 1889. ¶

Condition: Vellum on the front stained, spine label with tear and some loss. Contents slightly toned. Pages 97, 311, 371, [477] with small paper loss at lower margin but not affecting text.

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$1580

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