Jean SLEIDAN
Commentariorum de statu religionis & Reipublicae, Carolo Quinto Caesar, Libri XXVI
Chez Theodore Rihellius (Rihel)|Argentorati [Strasbourg] • (Strasbourg) s. d. [1559]|12 x 19.50 cm|relié
New edition.
A folio edition was published simultaneously in Strasbourg by Jean Rihel, reprinted from the 1558 edition. This 1558 edition is the earliest we have found, but according to some sources the first edition would date from 1555. Printer's device on title page.
Contemporary binding in full pigskin over wooden boards. Spine with three raised bands. Covers stamped with several friezes and floral frames, as well as a garland of medallion portraits of Emperor Charles V. Traces of clasps. Discreet restorations to joints, one repaired tear at the level of a raised band, second cover with some stains. Missing one endpaper before the title.
Numerous contemporary manuscript annotations, others later on the front pastedown and title page, as well as a library stamp from a Strasbourg seminary.
Facing the rigors implemented by Francis I against the Protestants, the historian and philologist Jean Sleidan was forced to settle in Strasbourg, where he wrote his Commentary on the state of religion and the republic under the reign of Charles V. The work, through its study of political undercurrents, forms a rigorous history of the Reformation from 1517 to 1556, forming the basis of modern historiography for any history of Protestantism, not only German but European. The work was indeed later published under the title History of the Reformation.
A folio edition was published simultaneously in Strasbourg by Jean Rihel, reprinted from the 1558 edition. This 1558 edition is the earliest we have found, but according to some sources the first edition would date from 1555. Printer's device on title page.
Contemporary binding in full pigskin over wooden boards. Spine with three raised bands. Covers stamped with several friezes and floral frames, as well as a garland of medallion portraits of Emperor Charles V. Traces of clasps. Discreet restorations to joints, one repaired tear at the level of a raised band, second cover with some stains. Missing one endpaper before the title.
Numerous contemporary manuscript annotations, others later on the front pastedown and title page, as well as a library stamp from a Strasbourg seminary.
Facing the rigors implemented by Francis I against the Protestants, the historian and philologist Jean Sleidan was forced to settle in Strasbourg, where he wrote his Commentary on the state of religion and the republic under the reign of Charles V. The work, through its study of political undercurrents, forms a rigorous history of the Reformation from 1517 to 1556, forming the basis of modern historiography for any history of Protestantism, not only German but European. The work was indeed later published under the title History of the Reformation.
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