Date
Location
Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt
Germany
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Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 185917
Folger call number: PA8550 .M4 1572 Cage
Folger holdings ID: 224742
Notes
Bibliographic format
octavo
General notes
Dedicatory epistle signed: Michäel Maius "Tomus quintus" seems to indicate that this volume is a continuation of Melanchthon's Selectarum declamationum v. 1-4; cf. Brunet, v. III, col. 1581 Printer statement from colophon Signatures: A-3R⁸ Errors in pagination: number 357 repeated twice; numbers 975-978 omitted Includes index
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992. Fine and Historic Bookbindings (catalog entry 10:8)
Item information about Folger PA8550 .M4 1572 Cage
In contemporary alum-tawed pigskin over oak boards with brass clasps. Upper cover: panel stamp of the arms of the Holy Roman Empire, inscribed "DES HEILIGEN ROMISCHE KEISERTUMS WAPPENSRAD." Above the panel, the initials "P H H" beneath it "1573" Lower cover: arms of August Herzog von Sachsen, with inscription "VON GOTTES GNADEN AUGUST HERZOG ZU SACHSEN DES HEILIGE ROMISCE [sic] REICHSERTZ." Cf. Folger Shakespeare Library. Fine and historic bookbindings, 10:8. Bookstamp: Aalborg Skole
Also known as
Alternate titles: Orationvm qvas reverendvs vir Dominvs Philippvs Melanthon proximis annis ante obitum scripsit, Orationum quas reverendus vir Dominus Philippus Melanthon proximis annis ante obitum scripsit
Related names
associated with: Maius, Michael
associated with: Universität Wittenberg
printer: Schleich, Clemens
printer: Schöne, Anton
former owner: Aalborg Skole