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Guide to the Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft Collection: Manuscript and Pictorial Material, 1592-1754

Collection Summary

Collection Title:
Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft Collection: Manuscript and Pictorial Material, ca. 1600-ca. 1700

Collection Number:
BANC MSS 98/49; BANC PIC 1998.001

Creator:
Bircher, Martin

Extent:
308 manuscript documents; 312 copperplate engravings, and other graphic material.

Repository:
The Bancroft Library.
Berkeley, California 94720-6000

Physical Location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Abstract:
Collection of manuscript documents, engravings, and other pictorial material chiefly from the 17th century relating to the activities and membership of the Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft, the earliest German learned society, founded in 1617.

Languages Represented:
English