{"product_id":"1592-german-theology-by-hieronymus-mencel-antique-16th-century-pigskin-bound","title":"1592 GERMAN THEOLOGY by Hieronymus Mencel antique 16th century PIGSKIN BOUND","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'gotham ssm a', 'gotham ssm b', Arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-style: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px 0px 11px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"\u003eMencel, Hieronymus. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHochzeit Predigten, bey ehelichen Vertrawungen und Einsegungen vieler hohen und niedrigen Personen. Aus dem Alten und Newen Testament\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(Wedding Sermons, at Matrimonial Confessions and Blessings of Many High and Low Persons.\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Old and New Testaments.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEisleben and Leipzig, Andreas Petri for Henning Grosse, 1592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8 unnumbered leaves, 363 (recte: 364) numbered leaves, 1 unnumbered leaf. Title in black and red. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith woodcut printer's mark (only half present). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginal blind-tooled pigskin binding (stained and rubbed, front hinge cracked; without the brass clasps). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- VD16 M 4726. – \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition of the sermon collection of the Eisleben theologian Hieronymus Mencel (1517–1590), who attended lectures in Wittenberg in 1540 by the reformers Luther, Melanchthon, Justus Jonas, Johannes Bugenhagen, and Caspar Cruciger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The title page has a large tear (half of the printer's mark is lost), the first two leaves of the preface have a gap in the text block (loss of text, repaired), and the following leaves have a small hole in that area. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe final leaf with the colophon also has a tear at the top. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe paper is browned due to age, and there are some period marginal annotations at the beginning. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe pastedown with 19th-century ownership inscriptions. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe pigskin binding shows, in the center panels of the covers, the allegory of Justitia with her attributes of scales and sword, and Lucretia stabbing herself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Size: 6 3\/4 by 8 1\/4 inches\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eText in German\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e=========================\u003cbr\u003eHieronymus Mencel (also: Menzel, Mencelius, Mentzel ;  1517 - 1590 ) was a German Protestant theologian.\u003cbr\u003e==========================\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'gotham ssm a', 'gotham ssm b', Arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-style: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px 0px 11px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease see my other auctions \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThank You\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRefund Policy: We will issue a FULL REFUND, 100% money back if you are not satisfied with your purchase. 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