Phillip Melanchton (1497-1560)

CORPUS DOCTRINAE CHRISTIANAE

Leipzig 1560
Book format 2°, 20 p. + 982 p., in Latin, 1st edition. Parchment binding with blind embossing decoration, spine with four raised bands, 2 metal clasps. Inserted parchment with handwritten text in French and a copperplate with a portrait of Philip Melanchton. "Corpus Doctrinae Christianae. Quae est summa orthodoxi et catholici dogmatis, complectens doctrinam puram & veram Evangelij Iesu Christi secundum divina Prophetarum & Apostolorum scripta, aliquot libris fideli ac pio studio explicata, a Reverendo viro D. Philippo Melanthone. Nunc edita ad usum Ecclesiae Sanctae publicum et privatum (...). Lipsiae. Cum Gratia & Privilego ad decennium. Anno MDLX.".