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SLEIDANUS, J. DE STATU RELIGIONIS ET REIPUBLICAE Carolo Quinto, Caesare, Commentarii. Additus Est Liber XXVI. [BOUND WITH:] De Quatuor Summis Imperiis, Babylonico, Persico, Graeco, & Romano, Libri Tres By SLEIDAN, Johann Geneva, C. Badius, 1559 458, (14); 50, (6) With 2 identical woodcut printer's vignettes on titles Size 3 1/4 by 4 3/4" Original vellum binding Very good condition Text in Latin "Still the most valuable contemporary history of the times of the Reformation, containing the largest collection of important documents; the book was written so impartially, that it pleased no one, not even Melanchthon", Enc. Brit. 11th pr., XXV, 241. Johannes Sleidanus or Sleidan (1506 – 1556) was a Luxembourgeois historian and annalist of the Reformation.
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1559 SLEIDAN Summis Imperiis Babylonico Persico Graeco & Romano antique VELLUM
Estimate $600-$700
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Ink of Ages: 15th-19th Century Antique Books
Jul 02, 2026 7:00 PM EDTNew York, NY, United States
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