Rare, 1929, Königsberger Beiträge, 400th Anniversary of State Library, First Edition

About the book: The Königsberger Beiträge is a commemorative volume to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek zu Königsberg Pr. (State and University Library of Königsberg). This festschrift comprises scholarly articles that delve into various aspects of Königsberg’s rich cultural and academic heritage.The Königsberg State and University Library was a combined state library and academic library in Königsberg, East Prussia, Germany. One of the most prestigious libraries of the eastern German Sprachraum, comparable only to the Breslau University Library, in Breslau in Silesia of then southeastern Germany, (now renamed Wroclaw in southwestern Poland since World War II). Königsberg University’s developed since the 16th century out of several smaller libraries. It was destroyed in 1944 during World War II in the invasion by the Soviet Union after which the city was occupied and renamed Kaliningrad.