THEATER - RENAISSANCE - REUCHLIN Jean Reuchlin - Ioannis Reuchlin phorcensis Scaenica progymnasmata, hoc est ludicra praeexercitamenta, cum explanatione Iacobi Spiegel Selestani. Caes. Secret. Haguenau, s.n., 1519; 1 vol. in-8°, 76 ff.c. (including title), 3 ff. n.c., modern cart., red speckled edges, engraved title, large woodcut on last leaf. Engraved and armorial ex libris of Oscar and Martin von Hase. Some foxing and spotting, restoration to title, complete with printer's mark sheet at end. Curious play in Latin, intended to be performed in colleges, by the famous cabbalist and philosemitic Hebraist Jean Reuchlin. The text of the lines in verse is accompanied by a scholarly commentary citing ancient authors and the Bible, blending classical knowledge, astrology and mysticism with Hebrew erudition.