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Concerning this very rare book, see Georg Schelhorn’s Delights of Ecclesiastical History Johann Georg Schelhorn (1694–1773) was a noted German theologian and bibliographer; his "Amoenitates" was a well-known series documenting rare historical finds., Volume III, page 1105. 151
Heine, who considered his own copy to be the only surviving one, inscribed the following verses within it:
The original Latin verse reads: "Roma meos fratres igni dedit: unica / Phoenix / vivo, aureisque veneo centum / Heinsio." The "Phoenix" is a common metaphor for a book that survives a fire or suppressed edition.
Regarding this book, see Sallengre’s Literary Memoirs Albert-Henri de Sallengre was a famous 18th-century Dutch scholar., Volume II, Part II, page 203; Vogt, page 510 Johann Vogt's "Catalogus Historico-Criticus Librorum Rariorum" was a standard reference for rare books.; English Selected Bibliography, page 122; Lilienthal, Part I of Theological Criticism, page 1147; Baumgarten, Volume II, On a certain Library at Halle; Johann Christoph Coler’s Anthology, page 2 and following.
That copy, which Heine possessed