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[Simony] - VIEL, Pierre - Traitté du mal qui

Currency:EUR Category:Everything Else / Other Start Price:NA Estimated At:120.00 - 200.00 EUR
[Simony] - VIEL, Pierre - Traitté du mal qui
[Simony] - VIEL, Pierre - Traitté du mal qui par la simonie advient en la Chrestienté. Paris, N. Chesneau & J. Poupy, 1576, 8vo, later half leather, marbled paper on covers, [12]-349-[3] pp. (lacking last blank ??, y8; minor wormtrack in blank margin). Good copy. € 120/200 Extremely rare catholic attack on the bad effects of simony. Dedicated to M. Amyot, bishop of Auxerre. Little is known about the author (d. 1582), a native of Maine. Woodcut mark on titlepage. A few contemp. marginal ms. notes. Collector's ticket G. Lenfant, crowned stamp with monogram of Princess Nadjeda Scherbatow. Ref. Not in Adams, Machiels, STCFrench (BL London), BN Paris, NUC. Not in Brunet.
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