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PIERIUS, Christianus Colonensis. Christus crucifixus: Carmen cothurnatum catastrophicumque crudeles Christi conctorum credentium conservatoris, cruciatus coedemque, cruentam contumeliosamque continens Christumque celebrandi cohenestandique causa con scriptum Frankfurt: Egenolph, 1576.
8o (152 x 93 mm). Numerous woodcut illustrations in text. 19th-century calf, spine gilt (minor rubbing to edges). Provenance: Gaspar Lunay (early ownership inscription on title); purchased from Emil Offenbacher, 2 July 1956.
FIRST EDITION. This very rare book consists of a long Latin poem on the life of Christ, in which EACH WORD BEGINS WITH THE LETTER "C." On the pages facing the poems are explanatory poems in Latin and German, and a set of woodcuts illustrating the life of Christ. Adams P-1171; Blumenthal Bookmen's Bedlam p.151; Graesse V:286.
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FIRST EDITION. This very rare book consists of a long Latin poem on the life of Christ, in which EACH WORD BEGINS WITH THE LETTER "C." On the pages facing the poems are explanatory poems in Latin and German, and a set of woodcuts illustrating the life of Christ. Adams P-1171; Blumenthal Bookmen's Bedlam p.151; Graesse V:286.