This library is built in the open.
If you spot an error, have a suggestion, or just want to say hello — we’d love to hear from you.

Presided over by God the Best and Greatest, for the purpose of attaining the highest rank in both Laws original: "in utroque Iure" referring to Civil and Canon Law, by the decree of the most illustrious order of Jurisconsults, in the most celebrated Academy of Basel. Proposed for public disputation on the day before the Nones of August August 4th, at the usual hour and place, by Rudolf Bonrieder of Kaufbeuren.
A woodcut emblem depicts a tree standing on a rocky outcrop, struck by lightning, with the letters L and O flanking the trunk, symbolizing resilience and divine judgment.
Printed at Basel, Switzerland, by Leonhardus Ostenius, in the year 1580.
A circular library stamp at the bottom center reads "BIBLIOTHECA BASEL".