Author: Vogt Johannes , 1695 - 1764
Title: Catalogus historico-criticus librorum rariorum, jam curis quartis recognitus et copiosa accessione ez symbolis et collatione bibliophilorum.
Title in English: A Historical Critical Catalogue of Rarer Books, Carefully Reviewed for Four Times and with an Extensive Addition of Symbols and Bibliophilic Comparison.
Hamburgi: sumtibus Christiani Heroldi, 1753.
Binding: Contemporary binding with front plates and gilding.
Format: 8 °, k. [16], p. 736, vignette (copperplate), vignettes, finches (stucco), colored edges.
Alphabetical catalog of almost 4000 books of short bibliographic record and information about the level of rarity.
A Historical Critical Catalogue of Rarer Books by German historian and Lutheran theologian Johann Vogt (1695–1764) includes rare Lithuanian books: Samuel Bogusław Chyliński’s (1634–1668) Lithuanian translation of the Bible (p. 123 in the catalogue, Biblia Lithuanica, Londini, 1660), the Radziwiłł family or Lithuanian Brasta Bible in Polish (p. 123, Biblia Swięta, tho iest Księgi Starego y Nowego Zakonu..., Brest, 1563), the Polish translation of the Bible by Reformat of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Symon Budny (~1530–1593) (p. 124, Biblia, to iest Księgi Starego y Nowego Zakonu... od Simona Budnego, w Zaslawiu Litewskim, 1572), and others.
Reference: "The Collection of Lawyer Jaunius Gumbis: the Past Preserved in Books". Museum and Collector - 7. Vilnius: National Museum of Lithuania, 2018, p. 562.
Published: "The Collection of Lawyer Jaunius Gumbis: the Past Preserved in Books". Museum and Collector - 7. Vilnius: National Museum of Lithuania, 2018, p. 562-563.