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[Plantin Press - philology] - Willerami Abbatis in Canticum canticorum paraphrasis gemina : Prior...

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[Plantin Press - philology] - Willerami Abbatis in Canticum canticorum paraphrasis gemina : Prior...
[Plantin Press - philology] - Willerami Abbatis in Canticum canticorum paraphrasis gemina : Prior rhytmis Latinis, altera veteri lingua Francica. Addita Explicatio lingua Belgica; & Notae (...) [ed. Paullus G.F.P.N. Merula]. Leiden, Plantin Press of Christophorus Raphelengius, 1598, 8vo, old vellum, red edges, [28]-179-[1] pp. Very good copy. € 400/600 Pioneer work in Germanic philology by the Leiden librarian and historian Paullus Merula (1558-1607) : edition of the Old High German translation of the "Song of Songs" by Willeram, abbot of Ebersberg in Bavaria (d. 1085), with comparative notes in Dutch (Old High German = language spoken by the Francs). Woodcut mark on titlepage. Ownership entries on title "Thomasii/ Ex donatione Generos. Weybergii Joannis Conr. Wolfen". Ref. Typogr. Bat. 5614. Leiden imprints p. 13. Adams W-175. STCDutch (BL London) p. 29.