Szesnastowieczny królewiecki druk w Herzog August Bibliothek w Wolfenbüttel: ilustracje, oprawa i właściciele
Sixteenth-century Königsberg Volume in the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel: Illustrations, Binding, and Owners

Summary/Abstract: In the paper the unique copy of Arsatius Seehoferís postil in the Polish translation by Eustachy Trepka is discussed; printed by Hans Daubmann in Königsberg in 1556, it is currently in the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel. It remains unclear under what circumstances the volume reached the library, still it ranks among the most precious Poland-related items in the original collection of August zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg. Furthermore, being the only to-date identified copy of Seehofer/Trepkaís postil from 1556, it allows to analyse the programme of illustrations of the edition. A series of prints, in majority modelled on Hans Brosamerís compositions, reveal Daubmannís strategy as far as acquiring and using woodblocks brought from Nuremberg in 1554 are concerned. The 16th-century binding, in its turn, a work of the bookbinder Melchior Nering from Greater Poland, as well as written sources, provide insight into certain aspects of the distribution of Seehofer/Trepkaís postil outside Prussia. They also make one wonder who the first owners of the copy were; the latter, regrettably, to-date unidentified.

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