[Rarebooks] FS: Sleidanus's "26 books" on the history of the Reformation, 1561

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(EUROPEAN HISTORY) Sleidanus, Joannes. DE STATU RELIGIONIS ET REPUBLICAE, 
CAROLO QUINTO, CAESARE, COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI XXVI… (Strassburg: Josiam 
Rithelium). 1561. 8vo. ff.(8),513,(15). With the 2 final blank leaves. Printer’s woodcut 
device on title. Cont. vellum, spine soiled. This copy with contemporary 
marginal annotations throughout most of the text.     $475.00 (trade discount 
allowed)
First published in 1555 (with “25 Books,” the “26th Book” was added in 
editions of 1558 and later), this work became a prime contemporary source for the 
history of the Reformation (covering the years 1518-1556) and the reign of 
Charles V. Adams S1291.

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