Printed in an edition limited to 1350 copies. Festschrift of essays for the librarian, Hermann Tiemann. The essays are divided into three sections: one on libraries past and present (includes an essay on Tiemann's stature as a librarian), one on the history of the book (includes essays on illustration and incunabula), and one on literary history (includes essays on several German authors). Also includes frontispiece of Tiemann and bibliography of his works.