Carminum nuptialium libri duo.

SCHELLENBERG, Christophorus

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Leipzig, E. Vögelin, [ca. 1565]

8vo: [187-1 bl.] ff. (sl. toned, tear in fore-edge margin I3-4).

Contemp. limp overl. vellum, flat spine titled in ink, traces of ties. Good copy, with wide margins.

Very rare collected ed. of the nuptial poetry of Chr. Schellenberg from Annaberg (d. 1576), Latin teacher in Grimma and son-in-law of the humanist rector Adam Siber (1516-1584). Woodcut mark on title and part title.
Ref. VD16 S-2557. - Not in Adams, STC German (BL).
Prov. On front flyleaves a 16th-c. manuscript copy (7 pp.) of part of the "'Dialogus contra amores" of B. Plantina (1421-1481). - Libr. stamps.
Joined: Langius, J. - Carminum lyricorum liber. Augsburg, Ph. Ulhart, 1548. 8vo: [4]-38 (of 40-3-1 bl.) pp. (3 final ff. missing). Marbled wrappers. Ref. VD16 L-322. (2 vol.)