Hebraeis. Continens duodecim libros: quibus tota Regum Iudaicorum, & Israëliticorum historia […] carmine Virgiliano describitur.

Strasbourg, Heirs B. Jobin, 1599

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8vo: [48]-383-[1] pp. (paper age-toned).

Contemp. overl. vellum, flat spine with gilt label.

Rare long Latin epic poem on the Jews in Old Testament times by the German poet Frischlin (1547-1590), ed. by Ulrich Bollinger. Woodcut mark on title. Woodcut portrait of Frischlin on verso of title. Title in red & black.
Ref. VD16 F-2935. - Muller III:604 nr. 38. - Ritter 924. - STC German (BL) 322. - Not in Adams, Oberlé.
Prov. Ms. entry on title. - Old collector's portrait photo on front flyleaf.
Bound with: 1. Rhodomannus, L. - Historia Ecclesiae sive Populi Dei, politiae eiusdem, et rerum praecipuarum, quae in illo populo acciderunt [...] usque ad nouissimum urbis Hierusalem & gentis Iudaicae horribile excidium, conscripta et exposita carmine Graeco [...] Adiecta est etiam versio Latina. [Frankfurt a. M.], A. Wechel, 1581. 47-[1] pp. Rare Greek and Latin poem on church history by the Lutheran scholar Lorenz Rhodomann (1546-1606). Ref. VD16 R-2093. - Not in Adams, BnF, BL, Oberlé. - 2. Id. - Ilfelda Hercynica sita [...] descripta carmine Graecolatino. Ibid., 1581. 39-[3] pp. Greek and Latin poem on the village of Ilfeld (Nordhausen, Harz). Ref. VD16 R-2096. - Not in Adams, BnF, BL, Oberlé.