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Huldrych Zwingliâs Private Library
Series: - Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions, Volume: 215
The Swiss theologian Huldrych Zwingli (1484â1531) was one of the most prominent reformers and the founder of the Reformed Protestant Church in the Swiss Confederation. During the last hundred years more than 200 titles from his private library have been discovered. They give an interesting insight into his interests and sources. The present book contains not only an extensive introduction and a catalogue of these books and manuscripts, but also an inventory of the lost works possessed by Zwingli. They open the door to Zwingliâs study and to the intellectual world of an important reformer.
Urs B. Leu, Dr. phil. (1990) in History, University of Zürich, is Director of the Rare Book Department of the Zentralbibliothek Zürich. He has written extensively on Conrad Gessner (1516â1565) and the Swiss reformation as well as the history of books.
Sandra Weidmann is Librarian in the Rare Book Department of the Zentralbibliothek Zürich. Together with Urs B. Leu she published Heinrich Bullingers Privatbibliothek(TVZ, 2004) and Conrad Gessnerâs Private Library (Brill, 2008).
Sandra Weidmann is Librarian in the Rare Book Department of the Zentralbibliothek Zürich. Together with Urs B. Leu she published Heinrich Bullingers Privatbibliothek(TVZ, 2004) and Conrad Gessnerâs Private Library (Brill, 2008).
âThe introduction offers nothing less than a concise intellectual biography of Zwingli.â
Emidio Campi, Zürich.
âThis is an exceptionally interesting book. The historical details it shares and the massive amount of material it so carefully sifts is astonishing. Readers of this volume will learn more about Zwingli and his world than from most other volumes on the great Reformer. I cannot recommend it highly enough.â
Jim West, Ming Hua Theological College. In: Zwinglius Redivivus, 15 January 2019.
âThe study [â¦] gives an excellent account of what can be gleaned about Zwingli as a reader, as a user of libraries, and about how he built up his own library.â
John L. Flood, University of London. In: Library & Information History, Vol. 35, No. 3 (2019), pp. 180-181.
"Nonostante la ricchezza, anzi la completezza della trattazione, lo svolgimento del volume si rivela tuttâaltro che noioso, grazie anche alla limpida struttura della esposizione, alle illustrazioni, ed alle informazioni, non solo di per sé attraenti ma condite con riferimenti e citazioni che risultano stuzzicanti al fine di conoscere meglio sia la personalità del grande riformatore elvetico che alcuni tratti più singolari della sua umanità ."
Alfredo Serrai, Università degli Studi di Roma. in Bibliothecae.it 9.1
Emidio Campi, Zürich.
âThis is an exceptionally interesting book. The historical details it shares and the massive amount of material it so carefully sifts is astonishing. Readers of this volume will learn more about Zwingli and his world than from most other volumes on the great Reformer. I cannot recommend it highly enough.â
Jim West, Ming Hua Theological College. In: Zwinglius Redivivus, 15 January 2019.
âThe study [â¦] gives an excellent account of what can be gleaned about Zwingli as a reader, as a user of libraries, and about how he built up his own library.â
John L. Flood, University of London. In: Library & Information History, Vol. 35, No. 3 (2019), pp. 180-181.
"Nonostante la ricchezza, anzi la completezza della trattazione, lo svolgimento del volume si rivela tuttâaltro che noioso, grazie anche alla limpida struttura della esposizione, alle illustrazioni, ed alle informazioni, non solo di per sé attraenti ma condite con riferimenti e citazioni che risultano stuzzicanti al fine di conoscere meglio sia la personalità del grande riformatore elvetico che alcuni tratti più singolari della sua umanità ."
Alfredo Serrai, Università degli Studi di Roma. in Bibliothecae.it 9.1
Preface Abbreviations, Bibliographies and Library Catalogues Illustrations
1 Zwingli and the World of Books â1âZwingli as Reader â2âZwingli as User of Libraries â3âBuilding up a Library
2 Contents of Zwingliâs Library â1âPhilology â2âTheology â3âHistory â4âScience and Medicine
3 Catalogue â1âImprints â2âManuscripts â3âCatalogue A: Lost Books
Literature Indexes to the Catalogue
1 Zwingli and the World of Books â1âZwingli as Reader â2âZwingli as User of Libraries â3âBuilding up a Library
2 Contents of Zwingliâs Library â1âPhilology â2âTheology â3âHistory â4âScience and Medicine
3 Catalogue â1âImprints â2âManuscripts â3âCatalogue A: Lost Books
Literature Indexes to the Catalogue
All interested in the Swiss reformation and anyone concerned with Huldrych Zwingli as well as the book- and reading culture of the early modern period, Switzerland, the Reformation, private libraries, book history and bibliography.