Books and Manuscripts · Lot 2491
[Alba amicorum]. Album amicorum
of GEORG GABRIEL PÖMER, mainly Altdorf, 1654-1655, 220 lvs. (incl. 180 blank), comprising 39 contributions incl. 1 gouache w. coat of arms of the Pömer family and 2 gouache emblems on vellum, a.e.g., contemp. calf, obl. 12mo.
- Lot
- 2491
- Auction
- Auction 85, 23-27 Nov 2026
- Estimate
- €12,000 – €14,000
- Photos
- 2 photos
Condition
Small ticket of "Familie-Archief van Beresteyn" on frontcover. Bookplate of "J.W. Six" on upper pastedown; manuscript annotations in pencil and ink on upper pastedown and recto first free endpaper. Covers wormholed; binding sl. rubbed along extremities.
Notes
An album amicorum situated in the environment of the Nürnbergische Universität Altdorf (Academia Norica Altdorfina). Georg Gabriel Pömer (1633-1658) was a member of the noble Nurnberg family Pömer. He was a lieutenant and died in the second Northern War (Swedish-Polish Wars). Not mentioned in Goldmann, Nürnberger und Altdorfer Stammbücher aus vier Jahrhunderten. Provenance: Van Stockum 1925, no. 268 (sale Six van Vromade). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXV.
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