ACTA ERUDITORUM [LIPSIENSIA]... Leipzig: C. Gunther for J. Gross and J.F. Gleditsch, 1688-91. Profusion of engraved plates, many folding. 4 volumes bound in 2, 4to, uniformly bound in contemporary vellum, spines lettered in ink; some light browning and staining. FIRST EDITION of the Acta Eruditorum, the first scientific German periodical to publish original papers by the foremost scholars, as well as analyses, extracts, and reviews of new works. Founded in 1682 by Otto Mencke, a professor at Leipzig, it is also known as Acta Lipsiensia. (2)