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KLEFEKER, Johann Matthias (1698-1775). Bibliotheca eruditorum praecocium sive ad scripta huius argumenti spicilegium et accessiones. Hamburg: Christian Liebezeit, 1717.
8o (168 x 94 mm). Engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette. Contemporary vellum.
FIRST EDITION. "The first bibliography of the writings of precocious authors. The upper limit for premature authorship appears to have been fixed at around twenty by Klefeker, who at that time was himself only nineteen." Breslauer and Folter 95.
[With]: GOETZE, Georg Heinrich. Elogia praecocium quorundam eruditorum, aliorumque virorum doctorum Henningi Wittenii... decadibus... superaddenda. Lübeck: Peter Böckmann, 1709. 8o (158 x 97 mm). 19th-century half cloth and marbled boards. Provenance: Gustav Scholz (signature on paste down). (2)
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FIRST EDITION. "The first bibliography of the writings of precocious authors. The upper limit for premature authorship appears to have been fixed at around twenty by Klefeker, who at that time was himself only nineteen." Breslauer and Folter 95.
[With]: GOETZE, Georg Heinrich. Elogia praecocium quorundam eruditorum, aliorumque virorum doctorum Henningi Wittenii... decadibus... superaddenda. Lübeck: Peter Böckmann, 1709. 8