Last year, a private seller offered the book to Sotheby’s, which, in turn, sold it to the German library for about ... During the 17th century, Hainhofer used the Stammbuch to prove his close ...

Thousands of irreplaceable books are believed to have been damaged or destroyed in a fire at a library in the town of Weimar, Germany, officials say. The blaze in the 16th Century palace housing ...