Sale: 348 / Rare Books, Nov. 17./18. 2008 in Hamburg Lot 428

 
Christian Matthiae - Theatrum historicum. 1684


428
Christian Matthiae
Theatrum historicum. 1684
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€ 200 / $ 214
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€ 156 / $ 166
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Matthiae, Chr., Theatrum historicum theoretico-practicum. In quo quatuor monarchiae magnae, omnesque reges et imperatores ... nova & artificiosa methodo describuntur ... Cui novum accessit supplementum insigne rerum ... With 1 engrt. frontispiece. Frankfurt/Leipzig, Joh. J. Erythropel 1684. Contemp. vellum with giltstamped armorial centrepiece of Friedrich I. von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg (crowned "F", crest on rear board, giltstamped monogram "F H Z S - 1686"). 4to. 15 ll., 1144, 39 pp., 22 ll.
VD 17, 39:122049U. - Cf. ADB XX, 628. - Main work by the Protestant theologist Christian Matthiae (1584-1655), first published in 1648. Describing the regents of the following empires: I. Babylon and Assyria. II. Medes and Persia. III. Greece. IV. Rome. The latter includes the German-Roman emperor (except for Rudolf II.), covering the complete last third of the work. - Few ll. with crease marks at the end. Upper corner bumped.



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Christian Matthiae
Theatrum historicum. 1684
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