Loci Praecipui Theologici.

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $450

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

MELANCHTHON, PHILIP.

printer

Johannes Crato von Krafftheim

Place

Wittenberg

Publication

1559

Description

Third edition. Portrait of author on title. Marginalia throughout. Lengthy Latin inscription on the first three pages before title, referencing Reformation-era works and doctrines.

summary

Melanchthon was the Christian intellectual, who along with Luther and Calvin molded the Protestant Reformation. This 1559 edition of Melanchthon’s magnum opus is regarded as the most thorough.

Browned, lower blank portion of title removed. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum, clasps and hinges (one lacking). 8vo.

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