Johann Michael von Loën was a German enlightenment writer and statesman, and the uncle of Goethe. He had a very detailed and elaborate ex libris, or bookplate, which would be pasted on the inside of the front of his books to show that they belonged to him.
It depicts the idealised but not unrealistic library of a wealthy man of the times, with tall bookshelves framed by decorated columns, surmounted by playful festoons and statuettes, probably depicting ancient deities or allegorical figures. Special cabinets hold rare manuscripts, and on their sides hang scientific instruments. The cabinet on the left has an unfolded reading surface, indicating recent use. In the middle of the large room is a generous piece of wooden furniture, perhaps holding reference works, offering a convenient place to display open books and more intricate and expensive technological trinkets - a clock, an amarilly sphere and a globe. At the back, an open door indicates further, perhaps infinite library rooms in succession.
The library is one of richness and grandeur, but also one of utility, charm and comfort - typical for the ideals of the early Enlightenment, and I daresay, quite attractive still today.
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