Melanchthon, Philipp

Annotationes Philippi Melanchthonis in Epistola[M] Pauli Ad Romanos Unam, Et Ad Corinthios Duas

      Argentorati {Strassburg]: Apud Iohannem Heruagium, Anno M. D. XXIII. [. 8vo. ff.244. 6.25" x 4.25" [16cm x 11cm ]. Later full leather binding. Clean Latin text, uniformly toned throughout. Title within a woodcut title border depicting God, Apostles, Mercury and Minerva. The text starts with a fine historated capital-The beginning of a letter from Luther to Melanchthon (dated 1522) preceding the text. A very clean book with neat marginal notes in a contemporary hand. Referenced by: Adams M1082. ** Philipp Melanchthon (born Philipp Schwartzerd) (February 16, 1497 ? April 19, 1560) was a German professor and theologian, a significant character in the Protestant Reformation, a key leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and a friend and associate of Martin Luther. -See Wikipedia.