The Berlin Collection

THE BERLIN COLLECTION

BEING A HISTORY AND EXHIBITION OF THE
BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS PURCH
ASED IN BERLIN IN 1891 FOR THE
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO BY
WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER
WITH THE SUPPORT OF
NINE CITIZENS OF
• CHICAGO •

THE JOSEPH REGENSTEIN LIBRARY, APRIL OCTOBER, 1979

Digital Table of Contents

Preface
The Berlin Collection: A History
The Berlin Collection: A Selection
- Medieval Traditions
- Renaissance Humanism
- Reformation
- Classical Heritage
- Science and Technology
- German Enlightenment
- Academies and Learned Societies
- Travel and Exploration
- Popular Culture
- Printing and Topography
List of Images
Digitized Items from the Collection

The publication of the original print version of this catalogue
was made possible in part with funds given by
The University of Chicago Library Society.

Original Cover Illustration:
Joachim von Sandrart
Des Alten und Neuen Roms Grosser Schau-Platz
(item number 60)

Adapted to the World Wide Web by Catherine Mardikes, Stephanie Endy, and Charles Blair.

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