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LAZIUS, WOLFGANG. De gentium aliquot migrationibus, sedibus fixis, reliquiis, linguarumque initiis & immutationibus ac dialectis, libri XII. 21 woodcut illustrations by the author of early Germanic tribal costume, including 9 full-page. 675, [36] pages. Folio, 352x212 mm, boards covered with leaves from an early edition of the Decretum of Gratianus, backed with liturgical manuscript vellum, cover edges worn; mostly light even browning of contents, blank lower margin of title excised and restored, top edge of C4 ragged, illustration on page [37] trimmed to border on one side. Frankfurt am Main: heirs of Andreas Wechel, 1600
Third edition of a 1557 history of the Germanic tribes, discussing their origins, migrations, and languages, and tracing their descendants to the later nobility of Europe. Andresen II, 421-23.
