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THE FOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGENTwo parts in one volume, folio (335x215 mm). [6], 54, [2] pp.; [2], 217 [recte 219], [3] pp. With several errors in pagination. Collation: [π]3 A-O2; 2[π]1 (A)-(Z)2 (Aa)-(Zz)2 (Aaa)-(Kkk)2. With a folding allegorical frontispiece within a baroque cartouche and 6 plates (4 folding), showing a mezzotint portrait of Margrave Friedrich III, a city map of Erlangen, the ceremonial entry of the founders, the university building, the portrait of the first chancellor Daniel de Superville, and commemorative medallions. Also with several engraved illustrations in text depicting coats of arms and coins. The plates are engraved by Georg Paul Nusbiegel, Christian Fritzsch, Tobias Lobeck, Franz Michael Regenfuss, and Andreas Nunzer after Gottfried Eichler and R.H. Richter. Latin text in roman types and German text in gothic types. Encomium by Johann Wilhelm Gadendam. Last leaf of part one reads: Additamenta Historiam Fridericianae Erlangensis illustrantia et probantia… Read More