Adamus, Melchior

Vitae Germanorum Philosophorum qvi seculo superiori, et quod excurrit, philosophicis ac humanioribus literis clari floruerunt

Printer's device on title. 8vo, Frankfurt: Heirs of Jonas Rosa, 1663. Second edition (after the first edition of 1615). Contemporary vellum. Provenance: Canton de Boussieres (library stamp on title); Grauel (signature, dated 1731 on front free endpaper); C. Fleury (signature, dated 1841 on front free endpaper).

Essential biographies of Germanic thinkers and savants: theologians, philosophers, jurists, scientists, as well as artists, as well as printers (the very first entry is on Füst & Gutenberg). With useful indices (order of appearance, and alphabetical) of the 125 subjects he treats. A classic of German biographical dictionaries STC/German 17th-century A-149.

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