Large format booklet illustrating ten key manuscripts and incunabula from the collection of the Leipzig University Library - Papyrus Ebers; Codex Sinaiticus; Speculum Virginum; Koran fragment; C11th Psalter; Biblia Latina; De Claris Mulieribus of Boccacio; Fasciculus Medicinae of Johannes de Ketham; family album of Magisters Frentzel; handwritten letter of Goethe - each illustrated by a large colour plate accompanied by a detailed description (in German). 16 pages. Good condition. Cat No 1899.