Peuce (Nov 2016)
Valori patrimoniale elsevieriene în fondurile Institutului de Cercetări Eco-Muzeale „Gavrilă Simion” Tulcea
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to introduce in the scientific circuit two bibliophile values from the collections of “Gavrilă Simion” Eco-Museum Research Institute of Tulcea printed in the 17th century by the famous Dutch Elsevier family of printers and book shoppers. The Elsevier books in Tulcea Museum’s collection are of small format but of great printing refinement, bound in parchment, and both printed in Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum). The printing and editing house of Leiden ranked first in the art of printing and in the number of editions issued in 1626-1655, under the leadership of Bonaventura and Abraham Elsevier. The activity of the Elsevier Printing House from Amsterdam will never surpass that of Leiden. The first book (“Russia seu Moscovia itemque Tartaria”, Lugd. Batavorum: Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1630) is part of “Small Republic” Collection, consisting of 35 micro-monographs of the European states. The volume deserves special mention, as its title appears in the middle of an engraving where Michael the Brave’s portrait is visible, next to two other figures. The second book (Titus Livius, “Historiarum Ab Urbe Condita”, Tomus secundus, Lugd. Batavorum: Ex officina Elseviriana, 1653) is an edition from the Latin classics series that the Elseviers started in 1629.
