1558 HISTORY of REFORMATION by Johannes Sleidanus antique VELLUM BINDING

Sleidanus, Johannes

Commentariorum de statu religionis et Reipublicae Carolo Quinto caesare libri XXVI.

Strassburg, Rihel ; n.d. [1558]

[8], 345 pp., [5] leaves; [4], 93 pp., [2] leaves. 


- NDB XXIV, 499f., VD16 ZV 16828. -

Johannes Sleidanus' account of the history of the Reformation, first published in 1555, here in an early Strassburg edition printed by Rihel.
No year of publication is given, the chronicle ends with the year 1556, VD16 estimates the year of printing of the current edition to be 1558.

Original vellum binding, spine with raised bands and library label attached with tape.

Lacks last index leaf.

Title page with printer's mark. Title page mounted to endpaper.

Otherwise in good condition, some toning, lacks ties

Ex-library

Size 5 by 7.5"

Text in Latin
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Johannes Sleidanus or Sleidan (1506 – 1556) was a Luxembourgish historian and annalist of the Reformation.
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