De Veritate Religionis Christianae. Amica Collatio cum Erudito Judaeo. * Appended: Acosta, Uriel. Exemplar Humanae Vitae [“The Ideal of Human Life.” With autobiography]

AUCTION 53 | Thursday, December 08th, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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Lot 174

LIMBORCH, PHILIPP VAN

De Veritate Religionis Christianae. Amica Collatio cum Erudito Judaeo. * Appended: Acosta, Uriel. Exemplar Humanae Vitae [“The Ideal of Human Life.” With autobiography]

FIRST EDITION. pp. (16), 364, (14). Top segment of title torn away, text unaffected, trace foxed. Contemporary vellum, worn. 4to

Gouda: 1687

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $450

Records the religious disputation between Limborch and Isaac (Balthazar) Orobio de Castro. “Perhaps the first dispute between two theologians in which no insults are traded.” See M.H. Gans, Memorbook (1977) p. 85.