618 - Adam, Melchior. *Dignorum laude virorum, quos musa vetat mori, immortalitas, seu vitae theologorum, jure-consultorum & politicorum, medicorum atque philosophorum, maximam partem germanorum*. 5 parts in 1 volume. 3rd edition. With an engraved title vignette. Frankfurt, J. M. à Sande, 1705. 34.5 x 20.5 cm. Contemporary parchment binding with spine label (partially browned or stained).

Adam, Melchior. *Dignorum laude virorum, quos musa vetat mori, immortalitas, seu vitae theologorum, jure-consultorum & politicorum, medicorum atque philosophorum, maximam partem germanorum*. 5 parts in 1 volume. 3rd edition. With an engraved title vignette. Frankfurt, J. M. à Sande, 1705. 34.5 x 20.5 cm. Contemporary parchment binding with spine label (partially browned or stained). Zischka 136 - “In four biographical encyclopedias organized according to the traditional faculties, covering the period from ca. 1420 to 1620, A. presented the biographies of German theologians, jurists, politicians, physicians, and humanists. He thus deserves credit for being one of the first in Germany to have compiled large-scale biographical reference works.” (NDB). — Inside cover with pasted-in catalog clippings, somewhat browned or stained. *