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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JJH, post: 9560998, member: 83124&quot;]Hello everyone! A new user from Finland here.</p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of weeks ago, I agreed to try and rescue a whole bunch of old German books from the estate of an old and very cultured Finnish German gentleman. While most of his belongings found new owners rather quickly, apparently nobody had been interested in a bunch of old German language books written in Fraktur, and the deceased man&#039;s daughter was willing to give them away just so that she wouldn&#039;t have to throw them away before selling the apartment. While I don&#039;t speak German as of yet, I do intend to learn the language and am quite interested in German (especially Reformation era) history. Besides, I figured there might be something of monetary value in there as well, so I agreed to go through the library and ended up collecting few boxes worth of books. I also got a few old maps and some framed drawings and wood engravings which I have to look into as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>While most of the books, booklets and pamphlets I got are from the late 1800s and early 1900s, there was this interesting booklet (pages slightly taller than A4) amongst them, which looked way older than anything else. After a bit of research I figured it is a rebound topographical work by Martin Zeiller (or Zeiler) printed in 1654, originally released in 1646, and part of a bigger 16-volume work called <i>Topographia Germaniae. </i>The title in English is (EDIT: This is actually an appendix to the following title) <i>The Topography of the Archbishoprics of Mainz, Trier and Cologne.</i> It has 41 pages + what appears to be an index. This one doesn&#039;t come with any engravings, so perhaps it is a cheaper reprint done a few years after the original?</p><p>I&#039;m not an expert on Early Modern German literature (or any literature, to be honest), so please excuse me if the above information is incorrect.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/ubry8dl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/R91oKmT.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/2ooCR0Z.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/0vlsi3i.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/nLmWkeD.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Also inside the book was a couple of old pages, which don&#039;t seem to be related to the book itself. I am not quite sure what to make of them. The first one feels rather fragile, and has to be handled very carefully. I think they might be advertisements for some medicinal works? I haven&#039;t tried to go through the texts with a translator yet, but they do look rather interesting as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mystery page 1 (rose bush balm?):</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/FDaN9rM.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/8E6ST3e.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mystery page 2:</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/crVzbsu.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/P3M0xaB.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Any thoughts and comments on the items, or advice what to do with them would be appreciated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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