GERMANY ~ Herzog August Library - Wolfenbüttel -

...... A blogpost with two related postcards... lovely view of the Augusteerhalle in the main building of the library and one of the objects shown there... the Herzog August Bibliotek has a long, long history and was once rated as a wonder of the world... it is a library of international importance for its collection from the Middle Ages and early modern Europe... now one of the world's leading centers for cultural and historical research... it is extremely well organised and hosts a huge number of old documents, including maps and drawings... with great matching stamps and postmarks👍 celebrating the Herzog August Library 450th Anniversary... Thanks Dustin!【ツ】 

The Herzog August Bibliothek located in Lower Saxony, can trace its origins back to 1572, when a library was established by Julius, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1528-89).

In the 17thC it was the largest library north of the Alps. The library was named after Duke Augustus (1579–1666), who greatly enlarged the collection, which was kept at Wolfenbüttel. 

Armies passed by, back and forth, over the centuries, but the collection was well protected. It was so highly regarded that generals placed the library under special protection, and the library is one of the oldest in the world to have never suffered loss to its collection.

Stamp:

The 450th Anniversary of the Herzog August Library

(Issued 07-04-2022)  

Guelf. 43 Aug 2°, a codex once owned by Matthias Corvinus of Hungary.The codex contains the Opera of Bartholomaeus Fontius, written in 1488. Part of the Bibliotheca Corviniana, listed in the Memory of the World Register.

Bartolomeo della Fonte whas a Italian humanist, poet and translator. In addition to his own poems in Latin and Italian, della Fonte mainly published translations of ancient authors, which he also edited and often commented on Title page of Cod. 

Stamp:

The 450th Anniversary of the Herzog August Library

(Issued 07-04-2022)