Christian Wurstisen - Germanie Historicorum Illustrium - 1585

Two volumes bound into one large tome.
An old binding but not contemporaneous, in half parchment with boards in antique carton and a parchment spine with the title printed in gold; small holes and imperfections but nothing that would ruin this work.
Rare first edition of this work.
Christian Wurstisen (December 23, 1544 Liestal, March 29, 1588 Basel) was a Swiss mathematician and theologian.
From 1564 to 1566, he worked as a parish assistant in the parish of Saint Theodore in Kleinbasel.
Simultaneously a professor of mathematics at the University of Basel from 1585, and in 1586 also a professor of theology.