Viri Consularis Atq: Poete Christianissimi Liber kathemerinon, id est, opus rerum diurnarum, in usum piae juventutis editus. Adiecta est Petri Mosellani epistola. Nam leonardi quercini ineptum de pientißimo poeta judicium nihil moramur.
Leipzig: Nicolaus Faber, 1533. Soft cover. 8vo. Very Good. Item #002074
[39 leaves]. Full brown period calf wraps, cracking and scuffed. Old hand-lettered paper spine label. Watermark on rear pastedown. Annotated copy with underlining and marginalia throughout. Pages browned, some water staining throughout, not affecting readability. Aurelius Prudentius Clemens (ca. 348-~405). "Hymns for the Christian's Day." Twelve lyric poems on various times of the day and church festivals. Nicolaus Faber (1490-1554) was one of the few publishers to survive the Reformation in Leipzig, and his establishment survived until 1945. As a city of printing, through which Martin Luther's teachings spread, Leipzig made a decisive contribution to the Reformation movement.
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