Library of the Imperial Leopoldine-Caroline Academy of Natural Curiosities

there was none at all. Besides all these things, he also added a remarkable increase to our Library, offering as a gift several excellent and very rare works, which will surely serve as lasting testimonies of his supreme goodwill and love toward our Academy.

Finally, I wish from the heart to all my most celebrated colleagues an uninterrupted state of health and a life long, joyfully and happily prolonged. I entrust to them the further care of protecting and increasing the glory of our Academy, and I greatly commend myself to their love and goodwill. Written at Halle in Magdeburg, on the 22nd day of September, 1754.

An ornate engraved tailpiece (cul-de-lampe) features a central mascaron (a stylized human face) framed by elaborate scrollwork, acanthus leaves, and symmetrical hanging garlands of flowers and fruit.