Album Amicorum of Johann Woler
Reference code
MSS/0440
Title
Album Amicorum of Johann Woler
Date
1663-1671
Level of description
Item
Extent and format
ff. iv + 217.
Oblong duodecimo.
Original leather binding, brown, gilt-stamped, 'I.W' on the front and '1663' on the back. Armorial bookplate of Hugh Welch Diamond, FSA (d. 1886), fol. ii; his signature, 1838, fol. iii.
Oblong duodecimo.
Original leather binding, brown, gilt-stamped, 'I.W' on the front and '1663' on the back. Armorial bookplate of Hugh Welch Diamond, FSA (d. 1886), fol. ii; his signature, 1838, fol. iii.
Scope and content
Album of Johann Woler of Hamburg, lawyer (juris consultus, fol. 86; signature, fol. iii); 1663-71. Brief entries (phrases, quotations). Some entries are by Danes and refer to Woler's studies in Copenhagen.
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/440
Language
Mostly Latin, French, German, a little Greek and Hebrew.