Adversus omnes haereses, [Against All Heresies, encyclopedia of heresies].

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $600

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author

(INQUISITION) CASTRO, ALFONSO DE.

printer

Stephanus

Place

Paris

Publication

1565

Description

Printer's device on title.

references

Palau 49069.

summary

Alfonso de Castro (1495-1558), a native of Zamora, Spain and member of the School of Salamanca, was a Franciscan theologian and juror who served as counselor to King Philip II of Spain. His first work, Adversus omnes haereses, was first published in Paris in 1534 and became the foundation for the persecution of heretics in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

ff. (69), (1 blank), 442. Foxed. f. 213 torn but present. Contemporary blind-tooled calf with florets and central cartouche (front and back) of heraldic crest, rubbed. Thick 8vo.

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