ARITHMAEUS, VALENTINUS.
Valentis Arithmaei Lignitio-Silesii, Periculum Poeticum. Editione Iterata & locupletata melioratum.
Frankfurt, Hartmann, 1621.
Small8vo. Bound in a contemporary antiphonary leaf with grain side out, over wooden boards. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Inner hindges split. Wear to extremities with minor loss of vellum. Previous owner's name to title-page and a few marginal annotations in contemporary hand. (24), 654 pp.
The exceedingly rare third improved and revised edition of Arithmaeus’ collection of poetry. The work is of the utmost scarcity and we have not been able to trace a single copy in the trade of neither three editions. Valentin Arithmaeus (1587-1620), a German jurist , he taught poetry in Frankfurt on the Oder and was also a chronicler . As a jurist he especially concerned himself with feudal law.
Order-nr.: 61518
DKK 8.000,00