Melanchthon, Philipp Orationum quas reverendus... Lot n° 893

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 TVignette. Wittenberg, Georg Müller, 1590. 7 leaves (of 8? Probably missing 1 w. leaf, as text complete), 982 (recte 980) pp., 4 pp. 8°. Late. Pp. with label and red edge (soiled, scuffed, bumped, back joint burst, spine torn). 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. "Not in Worldcat, no copy in international trade. - Endpapers renewed, front endpaper with engraved bookplate of Benjamin Staben. Bookplate of Benjamin Stabenau, hs. Library entry of the teacher's library of the secondary school at Wittstock and note "'Gift of Mr. Hochbaum'", printed marginal notes occasionally just trimmed, title with library stamp and ownership note, paper browned, notes and underlinings, title with tear, initially a few leaves partly or entirely loose."