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<div>Dear Colleagues,</div>
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<div>I would very much appreciate any help you may be able to give in locating incunabula and manuscripts which were once owned by Hieronymus Muenzer, a physician and humanist who died in the Imperial Free City of Nuremberg in 1508. His book collection was acquired by the Princes of Dietrichstein (Moravia) in the 18th century and subsequently sold together with that royal collection in 1933/34. Although a larger part of the collection remained in the Czech Republic (cf. University Library of Brno), many books were dispersed and acquired by North American libraries and private collectors, including libraries in New Haven and in the Boston area. </div>
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<div>I am hoping to locate more books. Muenzer's books are identifiable by the ownership inscriptions in Latin written in the inside front cover of his books. With some variation they read "Hic Liber est mei Hieronimi monetarii de feltkirchen arcium atque medicine ..." </div>
<div>While the humanist was born in Feldkirch, Austria, upon completion of his medical studies in Italy he set up a medical practice in Nuremberg in 1479 and remained there until his death.</div>
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<div>Your help in locating his books, and also any early printed books bearing the book plate of the Princes of Dietrichstein, will be greatly appreciated.</div>
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<div>With best wishes</div>
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<div>Randall Herz </div></div>
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