Solomonis sententiae, versae ad Hebraicam veritatem.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Melanchthon, Philip, 1497-1560.

Moltzer, Jakob, 1503-1558.

Gymnich, Johann, active 1516-1544, printer.

Standardized Title:

Bible. Proverbs. Latin

Language:

Hebrew

Latin

Penn Provenance:

Stirling Maxwell, William, 1818-1878 (armorial binding) (bookplate) (RBC copy)

Physical Description:

[86] p. ; 15 cm (8vo)

Fingerprint:

ioa- t.bs i.ue Ti&s (C) 1533 (R)

Place of Publication:

[Cologne : Johann Gymnich], anno MDXXXIII [1533]

Notes:

Variant version of Philipp Melanchthon's translation, preceded by "Liber ad lectorem" by Jakob Moltzer.

Place of printing and printer's name from VD 16.

Signatures: a-e⁸ F⁴(-F4?).

Without pagination.

Title within architectural woodcut border with Adam and Eve as supporters; woodcut initial.

Printed marginalia.

Local Notes:

RBC copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2018 from Sevin Seydi Rare Books.

RBC copy has armorial bookplate of Sir William Stirling Maxwell on front pastedown; bookplate ("PROVERBS KEIR") of Maxwell's library at Keir on back pastedown.

RBC copy in the armorial binding of Sir William Stirling Maxwell: full dark morocco with Maxwell's blind-stamped supralibros, incorporating his motto ("GANG FORWARD") and initials ("WS"), on left board and his blind-stamped monogram ("WS") on right board; boards ruled in blind; title ("SOLOMONIS PROVERBIA") stamped in gold on spine; orange endpapers; all edges gilt.

Cited in:

VD 16 ZV 31938

OCLC:

1285234310