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[Theology] - POLITI, Lancelotto = CATHARINUS, Ambrosius O.P. - Claves duae ad aperiendas intellig...

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[Theology] - POLITI, Lancelotto = CATHARINUS, Ambrosius O.P. - Claves duae ad aperiendas intellig...
[Theology] - POLITI, Lancelotto = CATHARINUS, Ambrosius O.P. - Claves duae ad aperiendas intelligendasve scripturas Sacras (...). Lyon, Pierre de Sainte Lucie, 1543, 8vo, contemp. limp vellum (loosening), [24]-252-[4] pp. (blank q7 present; marginal waterstain at bottom and end). Good copy. € 250/350 Curious introduction to the Holy Writ, opposing the obscurities of the Bible against simplistic interpretations of the Lutherans. The Italian Dominican Politi (c. 1484-1553) was a leading theologian at the beginning of the Council of Trent and a strong opponent of Erasmus whom he considered a prominent source of Protestant heresies. The work is dedicated to the French King François I. Woodcut marks on title-page and in a larger version on q8v. Woodcut historiated intitials. Ref. Baudrier XII, 182. Adams C-1082 (1). BL London (1). NUC (1). Not in Machiels.