Anselm Desing (1699-1773) – Catholic philosopher, historian and educationist
Compendium eruditionis complectens Historiam Sacram, Profanámque, Politicen Geographiam, Ritus Veterum & Chronologiam. Ad Caputum Juventutis …
Printed by Johannes Andreae de la Haye in Ingolstadt, 1728
First edition
Original pigskin binding over wooden boards with rich blind-tooling on boards and two intact brass clasps
Dimensions of small octave volume: 17 x 10.5 x 5 cm.
Complete and in very good condition
Provenance: Monastery Michaelbeuern
First edition of Desing's compendium on history and geography in splendid monastery binding
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This is the first edition of the handbook about ‘history and geography, made for the youth and for the use by history enthusiasts’, written by the Benedictine Anselm Desing, who taught history and geography at the Benedictine monastery Ensdorf. He wrote some books and made several maps for the use in class himself. After he had been teaching in Freising, he earned a degree in philosophy in Salzburg and began to hold lectures in poetry at the local Benedictine university. After his criticism of Scholasticism had raised controversies he had to abdicate professorship, however, he did not abandon his activities in education in general.

Illustration

With folding chart and some woodcut vignettes. Print in one column, dimensions of leaves: 16.5 x 9 cm.

Collation

9 leaves (the first blank), 634 numbered pages, 16 leaves (the last two blank). Complete.

Condition

In good condition. Firm laid paper and strong impressions. Paper hardly browned, with minimal brown staining in places. Ownership entry of monastery Michaelbeuern on title.

Binding

Original pigskin binding over wooden boards with ornamental blind-tooling.

Adorning ornamentation in center panels of boards. Four raised bands and three blue edges. Old library label on spine. Binding slightly browned and somewhat stained. With two intact brass clasps. Book block firm and stable. Dimensions of binding: 17 x 10.5 x 5 cm.

Provenance

Benedictine monastery Michaelbeuern.

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