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Summary: This is a later (1548) printing of H.E. Hessus' poetic paraphrases in Latin of the books of Psalms and Ecclesiastes.

Summary: Part one of Luther's collected sermons on the historical Epistles and Gospels of the Church year, as edited by Martin Bucer, the Reformer of Strasbourg. Bound with part two. Six volumes, in all, were issued, with the last appearing in 1527.

Summary: Second German edition of Johannes Brenz' postil or lectionary sermons, presented in three parts. The fourth part is a harmony and interpretation of the four Gospel passion stories.

Summary: This is the original Latin version of Melanchthon's funeral oration for Luther, preached in Wittenberg, February 22, 1546. The friendship between Luther and Melanchthon was almost legendary, even in their own lifetimes, and this deeply moving oration is an eloquent testimony to the depth of Melanchthon's feelings for his friend of twenty-eight years.

Summary: Popular doctrinal theology by the Lutheran reformer Johann Spangenberg, based on Melanchthon's Loci Communes, and written for use by pastors and ministers. The work was first published in 1540 and was re-issued and translated numerous times.

Summary: Collection of sermons on various topics by the Lutheran preacher Caspar Huberinus.

Summary: Funeral sermons and tributes for the Lutheran theologian Matthaeus Richter (also known as Matthaeus Judex). Also included are epitaphs for Anna von Bert (1533–1564), wife of the theologian Tilemann Heshusius.

Summary: J. de Sacro Bosco was an English mathematician who taught in Paris after 1230. This work on astronomy was only the second by a Western scholar based on Arabic researches to be printed (1472). The book was frequently reprinted as here with a commentary by a famous modern scholar, in this case Melanchthon. Melanchthon's interest in astrology is well known, so it was natural for him to edit this material.

Summary: Formal opinion of Siegfried Saccus, schoolmaster at Magdeburg and later its first Lutheran cathedral preacher, concerning the right of the city government to appoint clergy. As a follower of the strict Lutheran Nicholas von Amsdorff, he steered a careful path between the views of the local Catholic hierarchy on the one hand, and those of the Münster Anabaptists, on the other. Although Magdeburg became a refuge of the strict Lutheran party following the Schmalkald War, the city council was late in making an official decision for or against the Reformation.

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Summary: Johannes Brenz's commentary on the book of Amos.

Summary: Johannes Brenz's commentaries on the books of Judges and Ruth.

Summary: Commentary on the book of Leviticus by Johannes Brenz.

Summary: Commentary on the book of Exodus by Johannes Brenz.

Summary: Rare early printing of Melanchthon's biography of Luther.

Summary: Fifth edition of Erasmus' Colloquies, a collection of dialogues on Latin conversation and good behavior first published in 1518 as an excercise book for Erasmus's students.

Summary: Text in German includes Luther's translations from Latin of several Psalms from the Hebrew O.T., and the Epistle to Titus from the Greek N.T.

Summary: Johannes Brenz's commentary on Galatians, first published in 1546/47 and reprinted numerous times.

Summary: Peter Canisius was a Dutch Jesuit working to restore the Catholic church in Germany during the Reformation. Matthias Flacius criticized Canisius's catechism, first published in 1555. In this tract, he specifically attacks the Jesuit's views on the expiation of sin and the justification in Christ.

Summary: First printing of Melanchthon's third and final textbook of dialectic.

Summary: Summary of the transactions of teh Colloquy of Maulbronn, a council involving theologians from Lutheran Würtemberg and the Reformed (Zwinglian) Palatinate. The main point of debate was the presence of Christ in the Eucharist.