Books attributed to Sleidanus found in the PLRE.Folger Database
Of the 28 copies of works attributed to Sleidanus identified in the PLRE, the majority were printed in Latin, with 18 in total. There were seven printed in English, two in French, and one was unknown. As the work was written by a continental European author focusing on the period under the reign of Charles V, it is not unexpected that many identified editions were printed in Latin, since it continued to be the predominant language used in scholarly circles.
The majority of the identified copies of works attributed to Sleidanus found in the PLRE were not the same as the edition in the acquisition. 14 of the identified books were different works by Sleidanus, eight were a partial match, and six were close matches. Part of the reason for the large proportion of 'different' works was due to the number of entries containing an unidentified work attributed to Sleidanus. As they could not be confirmed as being Sleidane's Commentaries they were considered a 'different' work. Sleidanus' other work, De quatuor summis imperiis, a chronicle focused on Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome from the time of the flood was another popular work in the surveyed libraries.
Once again the majority of owners were scholars, with 12 in total, followed by four clerics, three landowners, one lawyer, two statesmen, two clerks of the Privy Council, one merchant, four clerics, and one of unknown status. As the book pertains to the history of the Reformation and events occurring during the reign of Charles V, the text was concerned with a contemporary subject of interest for both scholars and the gentry involved in politics.