1587 Philip Melanchthon WORKS antique VELLUM BINDING 16th CENTURY

Melanchthon, P.

Selectarum declamationum, quas conscripsit, et partim ipse in schola Witebergensi recitavit, partim aliis recitandas exhibuit.
Tomus tertius.


 Zerbst, Faber; 1587

 5 leaves, 814 pp., 19 leaves.


With woodcut printer's mark

- VD16 M 3581. -

Rare Zerbst edition (first published in Basel in 1551) of the third (of 4) collection of selected school speeches and lectures which Melanchthon wrote during his teaching activity in Wittenberg. 

Full blind-tooled vellum, manuscript title to the spine
Ex-library.  Title stamped, browned, with period underlinings, pastedowns with wormholes at the spine, front cover somewhat stained.

Size: 4 by 6.5 inches

Text in Latin
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 Philip Melanchthon (born Philipp Schwartzerdt; 1497 – 1560) was a German Lutheran reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, an intellectual leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and influential designer of educational systems.
He stands next to Luther and John Calvin as a reformer, theologian, and shaper of Protestantism.
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