@ARTICLE{Dzienis_Helena_Gerhard_2016, author={Dzienis, Helena}, volume={vol. 33}, journal={Libri Gedanenses}, pages={5-27}, howpublished={online}, year={2016}, publisher={Polska Akademia Nauk, Biblioteka Gdańska}, abstract={Gerhard Cimmermann (1541–1602), a Gdańsk councillor, donated 49 books to Bibliotheca Senatus Gedanensis (August 13th, 1598). The abbreviated descriptions of the donatory collection items were included on three pages in Index Librorum, the first catalogue of Bibliotheca Senatus Gedanensis. Fifteen books from the original collection have survived until the present day. The identification was based on the owner’s dedication note and bookplate attached to the books. Apparently, before donating his books, Gerhard Cimmermann ordered a special bookplate to mark his ownership. Cimmermann’s oval-shaped copperplate bookplate with the Polish Korab coat of arms in the centre has two letters, G and C, on both sides and the date: 1597 beneath the heraldic design. The article includes a list of the preserved books.}, type={Artykuł}, title={Gerhard Cimmermann and his book collection donated to Bibliotheca Senatus Gedanensis}, URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/123907/PDF/1_LG%2033%20(2016)_Dzienis.pdf}, keywords={Gerhard Cimmermann (1541–1602), Gdańsk, 16th century, middle-class book collections, bibliophiles, Bibliotheca Senatus Gedanensis, Gdańsk Library}, }