Lot n° 479

ALCIAT, André; MELANCHTHON, Philippus; BUDÉ, Guillaume.- Libellus de ponderibus et mensuris. Item Budaei quaedam de eadem re, adhuc non visa. Item Philippi Melanchtonis, de iisdem, ad Germanorum usum, sententia. Alciati quoq[ue]; et Philippi...

Estimation : 300 / 350
Adjudication : 320 €
Description
Melanchtonis, in laudem iuris civilis, orationes duae elegantissimae.
Haganoae [ Hagenau], apud Joan. Sec., 1530.
Mense martio. In-8° : [50] lvs (slightly browned, right corner with mark of provenance (?) cut off on title-page).
19th century binding : half calf, marbled paper boards, flat spine (rubbed, turn ins lacking, joints partly split, edges dulled, flyleaves renewed).
FIRST EDITION of this collection of works and lectures for German students by Alciat and Melanchthon on law and ancient, especially Greek and Roman, measures and weights (vocabulary by Melanchthon who was Greek professeur at Wittenberg).
Followed by a treatise of Guillaume Budé giving the equivalence between Greek coins, weights and measures and Gallic ones.
With ornemental initials.
# Adams A-587 (mentions a folding table); # Soltész A-213; # USTC 611388; # VD 16 A 1669; # not in Machiels.
Édition originale de cette réunion de traités sur les poids et mesures et cours de droit par Alciat, Melanchthon et Budé. Demi-veau du 19e s. (lég. bruni., rel. frottée).
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