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From the

Royal Library

of Berlin.

Red circular provenance stamp of the Royal Library in Berlin; original Latin: "Ex Biblioth. Regia Berolinensi."

SOLD

FROM THE ROYAL

LIBRARY OF BERLIN.

Smaller red circular stamp indicating the item was sold or deaccessioned as a duplicate from the collection; "VEND." is an abbreviation for "Venditum" (Sold).

The following is a translation of the title page text, which appears as a mirrored image on this leaf from the page following it.

In the Name of Jesus, May God Bless.

original Latin: D. B. I. N. (Deo Bene Iuvante Nomine or similar), a common pious invocation at the start of academic works.

A DISSERTATION

CONCERNING THE

RENOWNED POETIC BOOK

Theuerdanck

The "Theuerdank" is a famous 1517 chivalric poem commissioned by Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, fictionalizing his journey to marry Mary of Burgundy.

WHICH

UNDER THE PRESIDENCY OF

JOHANN DAVID KÖHLER

PUBLIC PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND ELOQUENCE

AT THE NOURISHING UNIVERSITY OF ALTDORF,

The University of Altdorf, near Nuremberg, was a major center of learning in the 17th and 18th centuries.

SUBMITTED TO

PUBLIC EXAMINATION

ON THE 8TH DAY OF JULY, IN THE YEAR OF OUR REDEEMED WORLD 1725

original Latin: A. O. R. (Anno Orbis Redempti) MDCCXXV.

THE AUTHOR AND RESPONDENT

Heinrich Gottlieb Titz

OF EICKEL

original Latin: AKVLISVALIENSIS, referring to the town of Eickel in Westphalia.

AT ALTDORF

FROM THE PRESS OF MAGNUS DANIEL MEYER.