Zbyněk II. Berka z Dubé a Lipé O.Cr. (1551-1606)

Jakub Schweiger

SYNODUS ARCHI-DIOECESANA PRAGENSIS HABITA AB ILLUSTRISSIMO, AC REVERENDISSIMO DOMINO DOMINO SBIGNEO BERKA

1762
DEI ET APOSTOLICAE SEDIS GRATIA ARCHI-EPISCOPO PRAGENSI, ET PRINCIPE, LEGATO NATO &c. ANNO A CHRISTI NATIVITATE M. D C V. IN FESTO S. WENCESLAI PRINCIPIS MARTYRIS, AC PATRONI REGNI, NUNC VERO ADNEXIS STATUTIS PROVINCIALIBUS ERNESTI ARCHI-EPISCOPI PRIMI PRAGENSIS. Format 4°, 24.5x19 cm. 234 numbered pp., in Latin. Title page printed in black, with the ownership inscription "Joannis Wenceslai Lohr Capellani Residentialis Stranitzii" and the stamps "K. K. GYMNASIALBIBLIOTHEK IN BRÜX" and "Lehrbibliothek des k. k. Staatsgymnasiums in Brüx," with inventory numbers. On the verso a woodcut heraldic motif, plus initials, headpieces, vignettes. Sturdy leather binding, spine with 5 raised bands, label with gilt lettering and decoration. Printed by the archiepiscopal printer Jakub Schweiger in Prague in 1762. The headpiece at the beginning of the book bears the monogram "F.G." This occurs in woodcut decoration, especially on the decorative blocks of the Hradec Králové printing house of Jan Kliment Tibelli and the Prague workshops of Hrab and Labaun. It is most likely the initials of the engraver F. Girsch and his relatives of the same name. Source: https://www.encyklopedieknihy.cz/index.php/FG Stránce, German Stranitz – a village in the Most district of the Ústí nad Labem Region, abandoned in the second half of the 20th century due to coal mining. Given the book`s age, overall condition is very good.