Liber Amicorum -- Manuscript album of G.S. Siegroth from Hirschberg in Silesia, a student in Halle, 1760-64, oblong 8vo, 99 leaves, with 2 drawings in grisaille, signed A.E. Moertsch, one dated 1763, contemporary calf, gilt, upper cover stamped with owner's initials and date 1760, g.e.

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Liber Amicorum -- Manuscript album of G.S. Siegroth from Hirschberg in Silesia, a student in Halle, 1760-64, oblong 8vo, 99 leaves, with 2 drawings in grisaille, signed A.E. Moertsch, one dated 1763, contemporary calf, gilt, upper cover stamped with owner's initials and date 1760, g.e.

Lot Essay

Most of the entries are by students of theology and law, writing in German, Latin and other languages, the texts taken both from the Classics and contemporary literature. Unusually, there are several entries by women.

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