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[Theology - Cologne imprint] - HALDRENIUS Vesaliensis, Arnoldus - Decalogi sive decem praeceptoru...

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[Theology - Cologne imprint] - HALDRENIUS Vesaliensis, Arnoldus - Decalogi sive decem praeceptoru...
[Theology - Cologne imprint] - HALDRENIUS Vesaliensis, Arnoldus - Decalogi sive decem praeceptorum pia (...) exegesis [and] De cultu et veneratione sanctorumque assertio [and] Modus confitendi [ed. Johannes Noviomagus]. Cologne, Melchior von Neuss, 1536, 8vo, mod. yellow vellum, [56] lvs. (lacking a8 and F8: blank). Exquisite copy. € 700/800 Cfr. ill. Very rare first edition (2nd 1555) of these orthodox exegetic works on the Ten Commandments, the cult of saints and on the confession of sins, destined for parish priests. Haldrenius, born c. 1500 in Wesel, was a promising Cologne doctor of theology. The volume is dedicated to Reinhard, Count of Lingen etc., by Johannes (Bronckhorst) Noviomagus (Nijmegen 1494- Cologne 1570); this on account of Arnoldus' early death. On E6 r-v are to be found some verses on the Passion. Woodcut device by Anton Woensam von Worms on title-page (Merlo 507; Heitz Pl. VIII no. 24: taken from this work). Woodcut initials. Ref. BN Paris (1). NUC (1). Not in Adams, Machiels, BL London, Paquot.