Marcus Meibomius and his Manuscripts

• Published in: Library Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 205 - 215
• Main Author: Lintott, Rosalind
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Oxford University Press 01.06.2019; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Early modern period; Librarians; Libraries; Meibomius, Marcus

This essay considers the collections of books and manuscripts belonging to the antiquary and librarian Marcus Meibomius (1621–1710) through records relating to three separate auctions of these volumes. Using Johann Heinrich May’s 1720 catalogue of Zacharias Conrad von Uffenbach’s manuscripts, it rec...