SCHULTENS, A.,

Oratio funebris in exequiis principis theologi Campegii Vitringa [from: Laudatio funebris in memoriam (...) Campegii Vitringa]

Incomplete without titlepage, impressum or colophon. From: "Laudatio funebris in memoriam [...] Campegii Vitringa", Franeker, Henricus Halma, 1722, folio, sewn signatures without binding (some remnants visible along the spine), red and blue sprinkled edges, 3-84 pp. (from 1-85 pp. + memoriae), the outside pages are smudged and somewhat discoloured due to the lack of protection from a cover, the printwork on the inside is clear and without any stains. Pages 3-6 have a different header ("Programma") from the main text ("A. Schultens | Oratio Funebris"). The main text starts with a decorative woodcut initial. Campegius Vitringa Sr., or Kempe Vitringa (1659-1722) was a Dutch Protestant theologian and Hebraist. Vitringa, a follower of Johannes Cocceius, was a supporter of prophetic theology. He was educated at the universities of Franeker and Leiden, and became professor of Oriental languages at the former in 1681.

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Book number: 67825

Catalogue: Biography Occasional

VRIEMOET, EMO LUCIUS,

Oratio funebris de vita & meritis (...) Alberti Wilhelmi Melchioris.

[Franeqverae (Franeker), G. Coulon, 1738], folio, without binding and without titlepage, 1-83 pp., without the protection of a binding (on the back, some remnants are still visible), the front and back of the bookblock are smudged and the sewing isn't intact, the printwork on the inside is clear and without any stains, with some decorative initials and a beautiful woodcut endpiece. Eulogy and funeral poems in Latin and Dutch by various authors (P. Laan, Daniel Slaffers Bacot, Jacobus Credo Bacot) commemorating Albertus Wilhelmus Melchioris (1685-1738) who was a professor in theology and church history in Franeker.

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Book number: 67873

Catalogue: Biography Occasional Poetry