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Lot 471
Sale 5213 - Rare Books and Manuscripts
Apr 4, 2013
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1 vol.
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1 vol.
Melanchthon, Philipp. Loci Comunes, Das Ist Die Fur Nemste Artickel Christlicher. Wittenberg: Peter Seitz, 1537. Sm. 8vo, contemp. vellum, with metal clasps; worn. Endpapers are reused from an earlier printed work (remnants of old woodcut illus.) With wood-cut bordered title page and decorated initials. Light to moderate wear.
See Adams M-1171 for the 1536 ed.
Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560); German philosopher and collaborator of Martin Luther and founder of Lutheranism.