Catalogus nr 5.indd - Den Hertog Bolland Rare Books

[ 18 ] MUSCULUS, Wolfgang (1497-1563). In Esaiam prophetam commentarii locupletissimi &doctissimi, per Wolfgangum Musculum Dusanum. Editio ultima, singulari fide ac studiorevisa. Cum indice gemino: altero, locorum S. Scripturae explicatorum; altero, rerum vocumquepraecipuè memorabilium. Inserta est etiam, in epistolâ dedicatoriâ, historia vitae atque mortiseiusdem Wolfgangi Musculi. Basel, Sebastian Henricpetri, [colophon: 1623]. Folio. (16) 719 (9) pp.Contemporary blind-stamped vellum. 1.000,-Third edition of Musculus’ influential commentary on Isaiah. It was first published in 1557, followed by a secondedition in 1570. The edition above appeared a couple of decades later, when Sebastian Henricpetri brought someof Musculus’ commentaries on the market again. In his commentary on Isaiah Musculus followed more or less thesame exegetical method as in his other commentaries. First of all he gives a Latin translation of several verses ofthe biblical text, followed by some general remarks about the passage. Thereupon he quotes the passage again,phrase by phrase, giving a thorough discussion of the grammatical and historical sense of each lemma. And finallyhe enumerates observations in which he offers moral and dogmatic reflections on the text. In his commentary onIsaiah however, most of the observations are absorbed into the main body of his exegetical explanations. - Brownedthroughout, last leaves with small marginal ink stain, and one bifolium loose.VD 17 14:648088F.