Arenberg, Engelbert-Karl (1899-1974), 10th Duke of Arenberg; a London picture-dealer, Thomas Grange, was put in charge of the dispersal of the library. The Bodleian bought direct from his agent, Laube in Zurich. Most of Arenberg's books have a tiny paper label near the top of the spine, with a running number in ink. On the Arenberg library see Claudine Lemaire, `La Bibliothèque des ducs d'Arenberg, une première approche', in Liber Amicorum Herman Liebaers, ed. Frans Vanwijngaerden, Jean-Marie Duvosquel, Josette Mélard, and Lieve Viaene-Awouters (Brussels, 1984), 81-106, with incunabula discussed especially at 88-93, and the sales ordered by the 10th Duke at 91-3; and Peter Neu, Die Arenberger und das Arenberger Land, 3 vols, Veröffentlichungen der Landesarchivverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz, 52, 67-8 (Koblenz, 1989, 1995), with the Arenberg library discussed in vol. 1, 401-4, and vol. 3, 545-52; on the family see also Neu, and Prinz Jean von Arenberg, `Die Edelherren, Grafen, Fürsten und Herzöge von Arenberg', Die Arenberger. Geschichte einer europäischen Dynastie, vol. 1, ed. Franz-Josef Heyen (Koblenz, 1987), 1-42, with a genealogical table on p. 36 showing the 10th Duke of Arenberg; the principal bibliophile in the family was Engelbert August, 8th Duke of Arenberg (1824-1875) (A Second Selection of Printed Books mostly from the Fifteenth Century, the Property of Mr J. R. Ritman (London: Sotheby's, 5 Dec. 2001, p. 271)). ♦ Categorisation: Type: Person. Gender: Unknown. Dates: 1899 to 1974. Period: 19th century to 20th century.

14 entries:

• A-146(1) Albertus Magnus — Sermones de tempore et de sanctis. — [Cologne: Ulrich Zell, c.1475]. Folio.
• G-293(1) Guido de Monte Rochen — Manipulus curatorum (7th recension). — Cologne: Heinrich Quentell, 1498. 4°.
• H-115(2) Hieronymus — Vitae sanctorum patrum [Dutch] Van den leven der heiligen vaderen [based on the tradition of the shorter Latin version; cf. H‑106]. — Gouda: Gerard Leeu, 3 Dec. 1480. Folio.
• H-143(1) Homiliarius Doctorum A Paulo Diacono Collectus — [Southern Netherlands: Printer of the Sarum ‘Breviarium', c.1475]. Folio.
• H-231(1) Hugo de Prato Florido — Sermones dominicales super evangelia et epistolas. — [Louvain]: Johannes de Westfalia, 1484. Folio.
• J-061(1) Jacobus de Voragine — Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia. Short version, with the life of S. Claudius. — Geneva: Adam Steinschaber, 25 Oct. 1480. Folio.
• M-131(1) Martinus Oppaviensis — Margarita decreti seu Tabula Martiniana. — Strasbourg: [Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg (Georg Husner)], 1 Sept. 1486. Folio.
• N-024(1) Nicolaus de Ausmo — Supplementum Summae Pisanellae, et al. — Venice: Franciscus Renner, de Heilbronn and Nicolaus de Frankfordia, 1474. Folio.
• P-045(5) Paulus Burgensis — Scrutinium scripturarum. — [Strasbourg: Johann Mentelin, not after 1470]. Folio.
• P-049(1) Paulus Burgensis — Scrutinium scripturarum [Publisher's announcement.] — [Strasbourg: Johann Mentelin, before 1471]. Broadside.
• S-148(1) Seneca, Lucius Annaeus — Tragoediae (ed. and comm. Gelius Bernardinus Marmita and Daniel Caietanus). — Venice: Matteo Capcasa (di Codeca), 18 July 1493. Folio.
• T-125(1) Thomas Aquinas — Expositio et Lectura super Epistolas Pauli Apostoli (ed. Petrus de Bergamo). — Bologna: [Johannes Schriber, de Annunciata], 1481. Folio.
• T-202(1) Thomasinus de Ferraria — Sermones quadragesimales. — Cologne: Johann Koelhoff, the Elder, 1474. Folio.
• W-008(1) Wech der Sielen Salicheit — [Netherlands: Printer of ‘Wech der sielen salicheit', n. d.]. Folio.

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