Ownership inscription from the Abtei Amorbach; stamp of the Fürstlich-Leiningische Bibliothek at Amorbach, Germany
Ms. inscription:
Ex Bibliotheca Monasterii Amorbacensis O.S.B.
[Early ms. ownership inscription of Abtei Amorbach, a Benedictine house in Bavaria, Germany, founded 734 and secularized 1803.
Established heading: Abtei Amorbach]
Stamp:
FÜRSTL. LEINING.
HOF-
BIBLIOTHEK
[Stamp of the Fürstlich-Leiningische Bibliothek (or Fürstlich Leiningensche Bibliothek; the name appears to be spelled variously) at Amorbach, Germany. (Cf. another example in Wikimedia here.) After Abtei Amorbach was secularized, its buildings and library became the property of the recently created Prince of Leiningen, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm. The library remains a going concern today with some 31000 volumes, mostly concerned with family and local history, and looks gorgeous.
DNB heading: Fürstlich-Leiningische Bibliothek]
Penn Libraries call number: IC B6416 543r 1690 Folio
Ownership inscription from the Abtei Amorbach; stamp of the Fürstlich-Leiningische Bibliothek at Amorbach, Germany
Ms. inscription:
Ex Bibliotheca Monasterii Amorbacensis O.S.B.
[Early ms. ownership inscription of Abtei Amorbach, a Benedictine house in Bavaria, Germany, founded 734 and secularized 1803.
Established heading: Abtei Amorbach]
Stamp:
FÜRSTL. LEINING.
HOF-
BIBLIOTHEK
[Stamp of the Fürstlich-Leiningische Bibliothek (or Fürstlich Leiningensche Bibliothek; the name appears to be spelled variously) at Amorbach, Germany. (Cf. another example in Wikimedia here.) After Abtei Amorbach was secularized, its buildings and library became the property of the recently created Prince of Leiningen, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm. The library remains a going concern today with some 31000 volumes, mostly concerned with family and local history, and looks gorgeous.
DNB heading: Fürstlich-Leiningische Bibliothek]
Penn Libraries call number: IC B6416 543r 1690 Folio