1592 PHILLIP MELANCHTHON BIOGRAPHY antique VELLUM BINDING 16th CENTURY

De Philippi Melanchthonis ortu, totius vitae curriculo et morte, implicata rerum memorabilium temporis illius hominumque mentione atque indicio...


Leipzig: Voegelin ; 1592

With woodcut printer's mark.


7 lvs, 450 pages, 8 lvs.

- VD 16, ZV 2865. Adams, C 421. Knaake II, 32. Brunet I, 1513-

 First and most important biography of Melanchthon, expanding into contemporary history.

Bound with:

 Dorsche, J.G.+

Pallium exulans in possessionem restitutum... 

1629

2 lvs, 186 pp.

Holzmann B. III, 8135. Kosch III, 486. First edition.

Rare anonymous work by the Strasbourg theologian and scholar Dorsch(e) (1597-1659), "one of the itinerant theologians of Lutheran orthodoxy in the 17th century" (NDB IV, 87).


Original vellum binding, spine with raised bands and manuscript title

Toning, title and preface with stamp and period manuscript ownership entry

Ex-Library

Text in Latin

 Size 3 1/2 by 5 3/4"
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