The article summarises the known information about the life of the politician and significant bibliophile Veit Ulrich Marschall von Ebnet (ca 1565 - ca 1625). Based on the provenance research into Lipník nad Bečvou and Mikulov castle libraries, the National Museum Library and other collections as well as auction catalogues, the paper lists the identified books from his library, describes Marschall’s armorial bindings and other provenance marks, on the basis of which it attempts to characterise the content of this extraordinary library. and Miroslav Koudela, Petr Mašek.
The article summarises the known information about the life of the politician and significant bibliophile Veit Ulrich Marschall von Ebnet (ca 1565 – ca 1625). Based on the provenance research into Lipník nad Bečvou and Mikulov castle libraries, the National Museum Libraryand other collections as well as auction catalogues, the paper lists the identified books from his library, describes Marschall’s armorial bindings and other provenance marks, on the basis of which it attempts to characterise the content of this extraordinary library.
The library of the chateau in Strážnice contains a binder’s volume of 25 German printed books from the 16th century, three of which may be considered as unique. Several of them were owned by the famous Lutheran theologian Matthias Flacius Illyricus, who gave them to his fellow believers, Erasmus Minckwitz von Minckwitzburg and Nicolaus von Ansdorf. and Petr Mašek.
The library of the chateau in Strážnice contains a binder’s volume of 25 German printed books from the 16th century, three of which may be considered as unique. Several of them were owned by the famous Lutheran theologian Matthias Flacius Illyricus, who gave them to his fellow believers, Erasmus Minckwitz von Minckwitzburg and Nicolaus von Ansdorf.