Melanchthon (Philipp) Epistolarum farrago..., first edition, edited by J. Manlius, title with woodcut printer's device, colophon f. at end, ownership inscription to pastedown dated 1603, tiny worming to gutter of first few ff., some water- or other staining, generally small and marginal, some light browning or foxing, lacking free endpapers, contemporary ornately blind-stamped panelled pigskin over wooden boards, metal clasps, covers incorporating blind-stamped portraits of saints, spine titled in ink to head in an early hand (faded), spine darkened, some staining, quite worn, [Adams M1210; VD16 M 3220], Basel, Paul Queck, 1565; and 2 others 16th century, including a defective copy of Erasmus' Epitome Adagiorum ex Novissima (Cologne, Martin Gymnich, 1545), 8vo et infra (3)
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