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Jacobus [Binding], Dramata sacra, commoediae atque tragoediae…
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Melbourne
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28-Feb-2021
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Jacobus [Binding], Dramata sacra, commoediae atque tragoediae aliquot e Veteri Testamento desumptae, quibus praecipuae ipsius historiae... Basileae, [Ex officina Joannis Oporini], [1s Ziegler, Hieronymus; Birck, Sixt; Crocus, Cornelius; Zovitus, Jacobus [Binding], Dramata sacra, commoediae atque tragoediae aliquot e Veteri Testamento desumptae, quibus praecipuae ipsius historiae... Basileae, [Ex officina Joannis Oporini], [1547]. Duodecimo (163 x 98 mm), contemporary elaborately blind-tooled calf over wooden boards, both covers with floral decoration at centre within rectangular panel with triple fillet border, framed by a sequence of figures representing Biblical scenes. The front cover has seven complete and four incomplete scenes with saints, apostles, angels, a crucifixion scene and a garden of Eden scene. The rear cover has nine similar scenes; the spine in compartments with blind-tooled decorations. Title with early ownership inscription of Arnoldus Sungey. Text in Latin; endpapers renewed. The work contains eight plays dramatising stories from the old Testament including Adam and eve, Isaac, Joseph, Moses, Samson, Ruth and Samuel. Five of the plays were written by Ziegler, one is by Birck, one by Crocus and one by Zovitius. The work was edited and published by Oporinus.
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