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[Well-deserved children from the public city and suburban schools who have been examined in the catechism and five main subjects and who deserve to be rewarded and inscribed in this book in the year 1751] : illustrated manuscript : [Vienna], 1751-1753.

BIB_ID
225137
Accession number
MA 6073
Display Date
1751-1753.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Description
1 item (ca. 500 p.), bound : ill. ; 24.4 cm
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of the Princes of Liechtenstein ("Ex Libris Liechtensteinianis"), possibly of Prince Franz Josef II; with a note from Walter Schatzki; marked "Go. Gase Bennett 1973"; bookplate of Julia P. Wightman.
Summary
A manuscript with a German title (translated above) and the words "Ex Fundatione Josephina" at foot of title page; title page and section dividers are elaborate printed engravings with manuscript titles added. Most pages are blank, but following each section divider (each of which represents a different school in Vienna), there are 1-10 p. of manuscript notes, mainly consisting of lists of names.
Housed in
Red cloth drop-spine box (27.7 cm)