Philipp Camerarius. Operae Horarum Succisiuarum Sive Meditationes Historicae... Nuremberg, 1599. ...

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Philipp Camerarius. Operae Horarum Succisiuarum Sive Meditationes Historicae... Nuremberg: Christopher Lochner, 1599.

Second Edition.Quarto. Woodcut title page surround with emblematic virtues, head- and tail-pieces, decorated initials. Bookplate of Larish-Moennich on front pastedown. "The book contains a variety of tracts on every matter of interest to the public of the period. Not least among them is the devil..."

a-d4, e2, A-4F4, 4G2. [36], 524, [78] pages. Contemporary limp vellum with a soft texture, blind rules, with original leather ties, title on paper label in old hand. Binding rubbed, soiled, and stained; front hinge cracked but still attached to binding cords, some paper remnants on front endpapers, front free endpaper with minor paper loss in inner margin and ink library stamp, early owners' inscriptions with ink strike outs on title page, contemporary holograph ink marginalia and underlines, small holes and eventual trails from biopredation in lower inner margin of leaves 2B3 to 2M1 (not affecting text), marginal tears, few stains, smudges and dampstains, darker inner margin stain on last leaves, last leaf's inner margin glued tightly to rear pastedown; nonetheless a very good copy overall. From the Krown & Spellman Collection.

"Camerarius, 1537-1624, was the third son of the eminent Humanist and friend of Melancthon, Joachim Camerarius. From 1581 to his death at eighty-seven in Nuremberg he served as first prochancellor of the University of Altorf...The book contains a variety of tracts on every matter of interest to the public of the period. Not least among them is the devil, about whom Camerarius has much to tell; he is first of all the deceiver and skillful seducer of the Christian man. Camerarius tells about the devil's tricks with much gusto, so that often one is almost under the impression he admires him. The tale of Faust and his untimely end is also included. "- Faber du Faur, page 314.

VD 16 C578. IA 130.590. Henning, Faust, 1311. Index Aurel. 130.590.