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Mid 16th Century Antique Vellum Book, Catharinus' Polemic Against Savonarola - 1st Edition

Name: Mid 16th Century Antique Vellum Book, Catharinus' Polemic Against Savonarola - 1st Edition
Price: 2295 USD
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Condition Notes: Very good; ownership marks on title page crossed out in ink at an earlier time. Very good; ownership marks on title page crossed out in ink at an earlier time. less

Description: Title: Discorso del reverendo p. frate Ambrosio Catharino Polito, vescovo di minori. contra la dottrina, et le profetie di fra … more Title: Discorso del reverendo p. frate Ambrosio Catharino Polito, vescovo di minori. contra la dottrina, et le profetie di fra Girolamo Savonarola.
Author: Catharinus, Ambrosius, Bishop of Couza.
Place: Venizia.
Publisher: Appresso Gabriel Giolito di Ferrari.
Date: 1548.
Description: [8], 100 leaves. Woodcut device on title page. (sm. 8vo) 15.5x10.5 cm (6¼x4¼"), early vellum. First Edition.
First edition of the famed polemic of the Dominican bishop Ambrosius Catharinus against the doctrines of Girolamo Savonarola.
Though Catharinus was himself in conflict with Dominican doctrine on some key points, he achieved the upper hand in his dispute with Savonarola, and the latter was hung as a schismatic and heretic on the market-place of Florence in 1498.
Condition: Ownership marks on title page crossed out in ink at an earlier time; very good. less

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