Opus de Arcanis Catholicae Veritatis.

AUCTION 1 |
Thursday, November 14th,
1996 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art
Lot 130
GALATINUS, PETRUS COLUMNA.
Opus de Arcanis Catholicae Veritatis.
Basle: Joannes Heruagius 1550
Est: $600 - $900
An important contribution to the “Battle of the Hebrew Books.”
Discusses the articles of Catholic faith, seeking to find corroboration of Christian belief in the Jewish Talmud. Despite its tone, it was published in defense of the great German Humanist Johannes Reuchlin from the attacks of Johannes Pfefferkorn and the Dominicans (see also lot)