Bookseller's reproduction of the bookplate of Maria Benigna Francisca Piccolomini (1635-1701), wrongly attributed to Markgraf Ludwig von Baden

Bookseller's reproduction of the bookplate of Maria Benigna Francisca Piccolomini (1635-1701) which appears in this volume.

The exlibris has long been misidentified as ''Markgraf Ludwig von Baden''. Cf. E. Raffel, In Europa Gedruckt, in Weimar Gesammelt in H. Seemann's Europa in Weimar: Visionen eines Kontinents, p. 76. Maria Benigna Francisca of Saxony, Angria and Westphalia, was the daughter of Julius Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg (1586-1665) and wife of Ottavio Piccolomini-Pieri, duca d’Amalfi (1599-1656). This book comes from the Troilo Piccolomini Library, formed originally by her father. Cf. her entry in Wikipedia.

 

Piccolomini's library was given to the Piarist college in Schlackenwerth (now Ostrov, Czech Republic), founded in 1666 and disbanded in 1876. Cf. W. Sommer, Kurze Geschichte der Stadt Schlackenwerth in Verbindung mit dem Piaristen-Collegium (Schlackenwerth, 1866). According to this entry in the Yale Law Library Rare Books Blog, "[m]ajor donations to the library included the collection of Princess Maria Piccolomini." Her father, Julius Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg (1586-1665) had property interests in Ostrov, and her husband, Ottavio Piccolomini-Pieri, duca d’Amalfi (1599-1656) campaigned there.

 

Other images of books from Maria Benigna Francisca Piccolomini's library.

 

Established heading: Piccolomini, Maria Benigna Francisca 1635-1701

Established heading: Ludwig Wilhelm I, Margrave of Baden, 1655-1707

 

Penn Libraries call number: GC5 W6453 546t

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Penn Libraries catalog record (work 1)

Penn Libraries catalog record (work 2)

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