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MELANCHTHON, PHILIPP. Loci communes. Title within woodcut architectural border. [231] (of [232]) leaves; lacks final blank. Small 8vo, contemporary blind-tooled calf with portions of vellum leaves from a medieval manuscript of the Decretals of Innocent III as pastedowns, spine badly worn, covers detached, with title and next leaf adhered to front cover; some light soiling and dampstaining, early underscoring and marginalia, title torn with negligible text loss and crudely reinforced on verso; institutional bookplate. (Wittenberg: Joseph Klug), 1535
First published in 1521, "the first systematic treatment of Reformation thought" (EB). "Melanchthon's characteristic teaching on free will, known as synergism, received its definitive formulation in the 1535 edition" (ODCC). Adams M1170.
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