Menz (Balthasar) Itinera sex a diversis Saxoniae ducibus et electoribus...

Menz (Balthasar) Itinera sex a diversis Saxoniae ducibus et electoribus, diversis temporibus in Italiam omnia, tria etiam in Palaestinam..., first edition, title within typographical border with woodcut portrait to verso, a few other woodcuts, with final blank preliminary leaf, Wittenberg, W.Meisner at the expense of C.Berger, 1612 bound with Matenesius (Johan Friedrich) Critices Christianae libri duo de ritu bibendi super sanitate, pontificum, caesarum, principum, ducum..., first edition, title with woodcut device, with final blank but lacking folding plate (as usual), tear to inner margin of A1, a few ink annotations and underlinings, Cologne, C.Butgen, 1611; De luxu et abusu vestium nostri temporis, first edition, title with woodcut device, final blank, Cologne, J.Crith, 1612 and Vida (Marco Girolamo) Schachia...ludus ingenii..., edited by Lucas Wielius, title with woodcut vignette, large folding sheet with chessboard (short tears to inner edge), Strasbourg, P.Ledertz, [1604], together 4 works in 1 vol., some browning, contemporary manuscript index to front free endpaper, contemporary vellum, upper cover with "MNHL 1613" in blind, spine titled in manuscript (faded), lightly soiled, 8vo *** A sammelband of interesting works: I. An account of Saxon Dukes and Princes and their tours of Palestine and Rome, including descriptions of Jerusalem and Rome; II. On alcohol, its use in various religions and therapeutic values; III. On luxury and its abuses, especially relating to the wardrobes of the wealthy and clergy; IV. Early and popular work on chess.

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