Surius, Laurentius.

Commentarius brevis rerum in orbe gestarum.

(Brief commentary on events in the world)

Cologne, Quentel & Calenius; 1566

35 leaves, 837 pages.

With woodcut printer's mark on the title page.


Original blind-tooled pigskin with two intact brass clasps. Spine with raised bands

-VD16 S 10241. Adams S 2100. Sabin 93883ff. Wegele 350. –


First edition

Title page with manuscript ownership inscriptions and library stamp "Franziskanerkloster Dettelbach" (Franciscan Monastery of Dettelbach).

Overall somewhat foxed and toned. Some soiling of binding

Size 4 1/2 by 6 3/4"

Text in Latin
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Laurentius Surius (translating to Lorenz Sauer; Lübeck, 1523 – Cologne, 23 May 1578) was a German Carthusian hagiographer and church historian.