Author: MENCKEN, Johann Burchard.- Gelehrten Lexikon.- 1715
Title: Compendiöses Gelehrten-Lexikon, darinnen die Gelehrten, als Fürsten und Staats-Leute, die in der Literatur erfahren, Theologi, Prediger, Juristen, Politici, Medici, Philologi, Philosophi, Historici, Critici, Linguisten, Physici, Mechanici, Mathematici, Scholastici, Oratores und Poeten...
Description: Leizpig, J.Fr. Gleditsch und Sohn, 1715. thick 8vo. Title printed in red and black. W. engr. front. (unsigned depicting an impressive interior of a large library.). Original clf. covers preserved, spine rebacked. 19th c. reback, top of spine righthand corner missing. [n8, A - 4P8]. (II (front.), XIV, 1 - 2682 colums, III (Abbreviations of literature used.). Huge compendium of appr. 20 entries per 4 columns, totalling nearly 9000 entries, including births and deaths, most important writings etc. Besterman, vol. I, 462:

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