Bidspirit auction | MELANCHTHON, PHILIP.

MELANCHTHON, PHILIP. - Loci Praecipui Theologici. Third edition. Portrait of author on title. Marginalia throughout. Lengthy Latin inscription on the first three pages before title, referencing Reformation-era works and doctrines. Browned, lower blank portion of title removed. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum, clasps and hinges (one lacking). 8vo. Wittenberg: Johannes Crato von Krafftheim 1559 Melanchthon was the Christian intellectual, who along with Luther and Calvin molded the Protestant Reformation. This 1559 edition of Melanchthon’s magnum opus is regarded as the most thorough.