Commentatio epistolica de alrunis Germanorum, missa ad virum rev. G.C. Rothium, qua de feminis et imagunculis sacris disseritur: Accedit ecloga antiquaria de imaginibus, aedium ornamentis
Halae Magdeburg (Halle): Apud Christ. Ludov. Sympherum, 1739. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [2], 95, [1]. Pages mis-numbered as pp.15-16 are non existent. Pagination goes from page 14 to 17, without loss of text. Original half calf over decorative paper covered boards with gold tooling on spine. Engraved frontispiece. Decorative head-, tailpieces. Decorative initial. First edition of this scarce 18th-century epistolary commentary written by Johann Samuel Schmid, and published in Halle (1739). Rubbing along edges of binding. Very minor and sporadic foxing throughout. Text in Latin. Binding in overall fair to good-, interior in good+ to very good condition. g. Item #32987
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