Reineck, Reiner (Reiner Reineccius Steinhemius)

Historiae Iuliae,
Siue Syntagmatis Heroici Pars secunda
 Comprehendens Monarchiam Secundam, quae censetur Regnis Medorum & Persarum ...

(History of the Kingdom of the Medes and Persians)

Helmstedt, J. Lucius for A. Kirchner, 1595

8 leaves, 603 pp., 10 leaves, 59 pp.

With woodcut printer's mark on the title page.

Original blind-tooled half-pigskin binding (somewhat rubbed) . Spine with raised bands. Toning, foxing.

- VD16 R 887–888 and VD16 R 860. –


First edition

With bookplate to the front pastedown

Foilo. Size 8 by 13"

Text in Latin
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Reiner Reineccius , or Reinhard Reineck (1541 - 1595 ) was a German historian.

In 1578 he became Professor of History at the University of Frankfurt (Oder) .
From there he accepted a professorship at the University of Helmstedt .

His work "Syntagma de familiis quae in monarchiis tribus prioribus rerum potitae sunt" (4 vols., Basel 1574–1580) and its later revision and expansion, "Historia Julia sive syntagma hervicum" (Helmstedt 1594–97), brought him fame.
Häberlein published "De Reineccius meritis im historiam" (Helmstedt 1746) about his work. In later literature and in the local history of Steinheim, the medieval historian is also referred to as Reiner Reineccius Steinhemius.

He made significant contributions to the study of ancient history and is considered the most famous son of the town of Steinheim , which named a street in his honor.