Moritz, Landgraf von Hessen.
Davidis regii prophetae Psalterium, vario genere carminis latine redditum. Schmalkalden, (Jewellery 1590). 4°. With small armorial wood engraving a.T. a. large wood engraving a. le.Bl. 149 nn. fol. (without the le.w.fol.). Full d. (closing bands missing, worn and rubbed). VD16 B 3256. Adams B 1477. Goed. II, 111, 175. Könneke, Hess. Buchdr. P. 324. - Latin translation of the Psalms by the composer begun at the age of 11 and finished at the age of 18. Verse transmission of the Psalms by the versatile Hessian landgrave Moritz, gen. the scholar. One of the most important works from the press of the Schmalkalden first printer M. Schmuck. - Slightly browned, in places somewhat fl. With autograph inscription a.T.u.V. bookplate-st.
