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The white library of the red rose : Petr Wok z Rozmberka (1539-1611) and his library

Ridderstad, Per S LU (2003)
Abstract
A recapitulation of the history of the the great library of the Bohemian statesman Peter Wok Rosenberg, which after his death entered the Emporor’s treasures in Prague, but was captured by the Swedish Army at the end of the Thirty Years War and brought to Stockholm, where parts still reside in the Royal Library. Its white bindings are a prominent feature of the Rosenberg collection.
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Bohemia., Renaissance, bookbinding, bibliophily, Library history, book collecting
host publication
Actes et comunications = Transactions / Association Internationale de bibliophilie = International Association of Bibliophily, XIX congrès, Prague, 1995
editor
Hobson, Anthony
publisher
Ediciones El Viso
ISBN
84-95241-28-5
language
English
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yes
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2016-04-04 10:55:12
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  author       = {{Ridderstad, Per S}},
  booktitle    = {{Actes et comunications = Transactions / Association Internationale de bibliophilie = International Association of Bibliophily, XIX congrès, Prague, 1995}},
  editor       = {{Hobson, Anthony}},
  isbn         = {{84-95241-28-5}},
  keywords     = {{Bohemia.; Renaissance; bookbinding; bibliophily; Library history; book collecting}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Ediciones El Viso}},
  title        = {{The white library of the red rose : Petr Wok z Rozmberka (1539-1611) and his library}},
  year         = {{2003}},
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