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Melanchthon, Philipp

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Orationum quas reverendus vir dominus Philippus Melanthon proximis annis ante obitum scripsit: Et quae post obitum ipsius in Academia Witebergensi scriptae et publicè recitatae sunt. Tomus quintus. (Ed. by Michael Maius). With woodcut vignette. Wittenberg, Georg Müller, 1590. 7 sheets (of 8? probably 1 w. sheet missing, since text complete), 982 (recte 980) p., 4 sheets 8°. Late. Pp. with RSchild and red cut (soiled, scraped, bumped, rear joint broken, back torn). Melanchthon, Philip Orationum quas reverendus vir dominus Philippus Melanthon proximis annis ante obitum scripsit: Et quae post obitum ipsius in Academia Witebergensi scriptae et publicè recitatae sunt. Tomus quintus. (Ed. by Michael Maius). With woodcut vignette. Wittenberg, Georg Müller, 1590. 7 sheets (of 8? probably 1 w. sheet missing, since text complete), 982 (recte 980) p., 4 sheets 8°. Late. Pp. with RSchild and red cut (soiled, scraped, bumped, rear joint broken, back torn). Not in Worldcat, no copy in international trade. - Resolutions renewed, in front with engraved. Ex-libris of Benjamin Stabenau, hs. Library entry of the teacher's library of the secondary school at Wittstock and note "Gift from Mr. Hochbaum", printed marginal notes occasionally trimmed close, title with biblical stamp and note of ownership, due to paper browning, notes and underlining, title with tear, at first few sheets partly or completely loose. With woodcut title vignette. Later cardboard with label to spine (soiled, chafed, bumped, back hinge cracking, spine teared). - Presumably one leaf missing, but text complete. - Flyleaves renewed, front flyleaves with bookplate and handwritten entry by library, printed marginal notes partially cropped close, browned due to paper, annotations and underlinings, title teared, a few leaves partially or entirely loose.