(Polygamy and Marriage Sammelband)

KURTZE DOCH UNPARTHEYISCH- UND GEWISSENHAFFTE BETRACHTUNG DE! IN DEM NATUR- UND GOTTLICHEN RECHT GEGRUNDETEN HEILIGEN EHSTANDES... [N.p.: n.p.], 1679. [bound with] POLYGAMIA TRIUMPHATRIX, Id Est Discursus Politicus De Polygamia... Cum Notis Athanasi

      1660-1698.. Thick 4to, (12), 249, (1 errata)pp, title in red and black, early manuscript copies of missing pages 69-70, 75-6, and 205-10 bound-in; (10), 565, (1 blank), (14 addenda), (18 indices)pp; (1), (3 blank), (4 dedication), 163, (1 blank)pp, title in red and black, refererences to second part carefully excised from title fully re-backed with early paper; (4), 75, (1 blank)pp; (1), (1 blank), 216, (12 index)pp, title in red and black; (1), (1 blank), (2 dedication), 194pp, lacks final blank leaf. Contemp. vellum over boards, manuscript titles at spine, edges stained red, vellum soiled, copious early bibliographical notations at ffep, light, marginal dampstains throughout 2nd and 4th works, and final 10 leaves of the last, some light embrowning and foxing in 1st and 4th work, occasional early annotations, otherwise a generally clean, crisp collection.. ! Six 17th-century works dealing with polygamy, marriage, and related issues, including four scarce titles: ! First Edition of Kurtze Doch Unpartheyisch- und Gewissenhaffte Betrachtung by Lorenz Beger (1653-1705), writing under the pseudonym Daphnaeus Arcuarius, including reprints of documents relating to the Concubinage or Polygamy of Philip Landgrave of Hesse, along with the judgment relating to it delivered at his request by Luther, Melanchthon, and Martin Bucer. VD17 39:130795D (with catchword OseelenO at A2) BL, German, B620. ! Third, greatly expanded edition of Polygamia Triumphatrix (originally appearing as Discursus Politicus de Polygamia, Freiburg, 1674; 76pp, 12mo) by Johann Lyser (1631-1684/5), writing under the pseudonym Theophilus Aletheus. The Leipzig theologian and champion of polygamy boldly presents his arguments in the form of 90 theses (modeled after Luther!), carefully referencing biblical, midrashic, ancient and modern sources. Some attribute this edition to Amsterdam on the basis of an Elzevier fleuron; others to Lund, Sweden. ! First part only of the second edition of Uxor Una (first 1669), a theological disseration by Michael Siricius the Younger (1628-1685). VD17 14:635312Q. Very Scarce. ! Re-issue of the first edition (1671) of Kurtzes Bedencken... also Genannten Sinceri Wahrenbergs Kurtzes Gesprach von der Polygami by Balthasar Mentzer (1614-1679). The Darmstadt doctor of theology argues in favor of one wife, against the defender of polygamy Johann Lyser, whom he pseudonymously refers to as OSinceri Wahrenberg.O VD17 12:166957Q. Very Scarce. ! ONova EditioO of De Polygamia ut de Matrimonio (originally appearing as Tractatus de Polygamia in 1690) by Melchior Zeidler (1630-1686). This theological disputation also treats the issue of marriage with a deceased wife's sister. VD17 1:011126D. Very Scarce. ! Only Edition of Responsum Juris pro Matrimonio Principis by Heinrich Salmuth (b.1591/2). With respect to German territories, the author discusses various issues of marital law concerning royalty and nobility, including inheritance, succession, and marital impediments. Text in roughly equal parts Latin and German. VD17 547:689732H. Very Scarce.