245 - Fürstenberg, Fv Monumenta Paderbornensia, ex Historia Romana, Francica, Saxonica (...) Compendium Vitae Celsissimi Auctoris, Manes Ferdinandaei & Panegyricus Paderbornensis. 4th ed. Lemgo, Meyer, 1714. 20 leaves, 336 pages, 10 leaves (index); 56 pp.; 6 leaves, 136 pages, 4 leaves. With 2 engraved frontispieces, 2 portrait plates, 3 folded maps and 29 mostly folded copperplate engravings. 4°. Contemporary parchment binding (stained).

Fürstenberg, Fv Monumenta Paderbornensia, ex Historia Romana, Francica, Saxonica (...) Compendium Vitae Celsissimi Auctoris, Manes Ferdinandaei & Panegyricus Paderbornensis. 4th ed. Lemgo, Meyer, 1714. 20 leaves, 336 pages, 10 leaves (index); 56 pp.; 6 leaves, 136 pages, 4 leaves. With 2 engraved frontispieces, 2 portrait plates, 3 folded maps and 29 mostly folded copperplate engravings. 4°. Contemporary parchment binding (stained). Graesse IV, 596; Wegele 702 ff. - Famous chronicle of the Paderborn region with views of Detmold, Driburg, Eilsen, Neuhaus, Oldenburg, etc., the large views of Paderborn and Marsberg, and a portrait of the author by A. Blotheling. - The theologian and writer Ferdinand (1626-1683), born at Bilstein Castle in the Sauerland, became a private chamberlain to Pope Alexander VII in Rome in 1655. Prince-Bishop of Paderborn from 1661 and also of Münster from 1678, he promoted art and science, monasteries, education, priestly training and church construction, as well as missions in China and Japan. The first edition of his 'Monumenta' appeared in 1669. 'No more beautiful monument has ever been erected by a prince to his land' (ADB). - The bound-in 'Panegyricus' is by J. Horrion and describes the merits of the 'Academia Theodoriana Paderbornensis', which was founded by Th.v. Fürstenberg was founded. - The first frontispiece with a repaired missing section (minor image loss), printed title with old stamp and ownership mark. - Wide margins, the first 100 pages with slight damp staining in the white top margin, a few pages slightly foxed.