first edition Hardcover
1531 · Witebergae [Wittenberg]
by Melanchthon, Philip
Witebergae [Wittenberg], 1531. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto (7.125 x 5.5 in.; 182 x 140 mm). [169] leaves. Signatures: A-E4 F6 G² h4 I-N4 O² P-2V4(-2V4, blank). Bound without blank leaf 2V4; 2A2 signed "A2." Printer and date of publication from colophon on 2V3 recto. Apologia Confessionis has separate title page (G1 recto), with "Emenda" beneath the title. Decorative and historiated woodcut initials. Later quarter calf with black paper-covered boards; all edges trimmed and stained blackish-blue; plain endpapers, double fly leaves at front, single at the rear. Front board detached; calf mostly gone; edges worn; corners softened; scuffing to boards; (truncated)