Biography / historiography: An aristocratic family of Styrian origin. They came to the Czech lands in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Books / library description: A Renaissance and Baroque book collection, which has partly been preserved within the Dietrichstein library at the castle in Mikulov, where it came in 1678–1679. Before that, it had been partly scattered (the confiscated property of the Olomouc Jesuits – the Research Library in Olomouc now). Other books are in the collections of the National Museum Library and the Moravian Library. The founder of the collection placed at the Renaissance castle in Janovice near Rýmařov was Ferdinand Hoffmann von Grünbüchel, a great lover of books. His personal library reflects his bibliophilic interests (bookplate and heraldic bindings). The library also contains handwritten possessor’s note of other members of the family – e.g. Wolfgang Friedrich von Grünbüchel (1631–1664).

Provenance records description: The bookplate and armorial binding of Ferdinand Hoffmann von Grünbüchel. Typical green parchment bindings.

Bibliography:
ANTONÍN, Luboš. Dietrichsteinská knihovna na zámku v Mikulov, in: Sborník Národního muzea v Praze, řada C-Literární historie, sv. XXXIX-II (1994-95), č. 1-4, s.1-28.; Leccos; Burgen und Schlösser der Familie Hoffman im 16. Jahrhundert.

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Hoffmannové z Grünbüchlu a Střechova (rod)

Hoffmannové z Grünbüchlu a Střechova (rod)