Melanchthon, Philipp (1497-1560)

Epistolarum Philippi Melancthonis, Libri IV. Quibus, Auctarii loco, accesserunt, Thom! Mori et Ludovici Vivis Epistol!. Cum Indicibus Locupletissimis

      London:: M. Flesher & R. Young. 1642. hardcover. 2. Folio. [6] ff., cols. 968, cols. 116, [9] pp. Two color title and printer!s device (printed in red and black), dual column text. Rebacked original calf boards, raised gilt-decorated bands and orange leather spine label; extremities worn, inner hinges cracked, else very good. Ownership signature inked on title, with a previous signature crossed out. . Contains a selection of correspondences by Philipp Melancthon (1497-1560) the famous Reformation theologian. Included also are epistles by Thomas More and Juan Luis Vives. This edition is often bound with another work, the !Epistolarum D. Erasmi Roterodami! which is not present here. [Wing M1635; Lowndes, 1530, Graesse, IV, p. 469].