History of the Holy Roman Empire, 1612/13

Marquard Freher:

Originum Palatinarum. […] Editio secunda. 1-2.

[Heidelberg], Gotthard Voegelin, 1613 (p. 1) & 1612 (p. 2). Folio. (28 x 18,5 cms.) [12] + 128; + [4] + 48; + [12] + 108; + 24 pp. With woodcuts in text.

Contemporary vellum, lightly soiled and worn, lacking front flyleaf, faint waterstain to lower margin of first 30 pp. Engraved bookplate of ”Bibliotehca Friederici Reth-Scholtzii” printed (!) on reverse of first title. Later library stamp. Bookplate (Cnattingius).

VD 17 23:233638X. Lautenschlager, Bibliographie der badischen Geschichte, 4993. ”Eine Grundlage fur alle spätere pfalzische Geschichtsforschung.” Originally published in 1599, this is the second edition. ”The palatine diplomat and lawyer Marquard Freher (1565-1614) from Augsburg [...] wrote a notable treatise, Originum Palatinarum Commentarius, defending the historical legality of the Palatine Electoship in 1599 against Maximilian I's court secretary Christoph Gewold" (Andrew L. Thomas, A Court Divided. Wittelsberg Confessional Court Cultures in the Holy Roman Empire, C. 1550-1650, p. 75).

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