1732 CHRONICON GOTWINCENSE ABBEY ILLUSTRATED antique VELLUM BOUND MASSIVE FOLIO

(Bessel,G. u. F.J.v.Hahn).

Chronicon Gotwicense.

Tegernsee Monastery; 1732

 with engraved frontispiece, engraved dedication, 3 (2 folded, 1 double-page) engraved maps, 34 engraved initials, illustrations and text engravings by Schmuzer, Pintz, et al., as well as 38 copperplate plates

- Graesse I, 353. - "This first and only volume contains a general introduction and is one of the earliest and most valuable treatises on paleography, diplomatics, German historical topography, etc."
- "The actual chronicle of Gottweih Abbey was never printed" (Krieg, MNE I, 69).

The plates contain facsimiles of imperial documents.


Original vellum binding with title to the spine

Red edges

Some wear of the vellum, some occasional stains

Massive folio. Size about 11.5 by 17 inches (4.5 inches wide)

Text in Latin
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Gottweig Abbey is a Benedictine monastery near Krems in Lower Austria.
It was founded in 1083 by Altmann, Bishop of Passau.
In the middle ages the abbey was a seat of learning with a library and a monastic school.
The abbey went through a period of decline during the 15th and 16th centuries and in 1580 it was mostly destroyed by a fire. Under a new abbot brought in from Melk Abbey the monastery was rebuilt and restored.
After another fire in 1718 the abbey had to be rebuilt again.
The new building includes the largest Baroque staircase in Austria with a fresco that is considered a masterpiece of its era.
Today the abbey is renownend for its library which holds a valuable collection of books, manuscripts, coins and antiquities.
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