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Institutio Christianae religionis, ... Quae ad superiores edtiones hâc postremâ, omnium emendatissima locuplettisimáque, recèns addita sunt, statim post ipsius authoris epistolam ad regem Christianiss. Subiecta ad lectorem admonitio breviter indicat.Geneva, Johannes le Preux, 1592. Folio. With woodcut printer's device on title-page. Contemporary vellum, with large blind-tooled centre piece.
by CALVIN, Jean
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[24], 312, [31] ll.Enlarged edition, in the original Latin, of Calvin's seminal work of Protestant theology, known in English as The institutes of the Christian religion. It details the doctrines that became known as Calvinism.With some owner's inscriptions on paste-down and title-page. Title-page slightly soiled and wrinkled, tear in title-page and leaf 312, minor water stain the upper margin of the first 40 leaves. Binding slightly rubbed and soiled, foot of spine damaged, and lacking the opening flyleaves. Overall in good condition.l Adams C367; Erichson, Bibliographia Calviniana, p. 40.
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- Title
- Institutio Christianae religionis, ... Quae ad superiores edtiones hâc postremâ, omnium emendatissima locuplettisimáque, recèns addita sunt, statim post ipsius authoris epistolam ad regem Christianiss. Subiecta ad lectorem admonitio breviter indicat.Geneva, Johannes le Preux, 1592. Folio. With woodcut printer's device on title-page. Contemporary vellum, with large blind-tooled centre piece.
- Author
- CALVIN, Jean
- Book Condition
- Used
- Keywords
- [KCRG291IIT91] EARLY PRINTING & MANUSCRIPTS|[KCRG291IIT91] EARLY PRINTING & MANUSCRIPTS -> [KCRG36P9OEHF] Religion & Devotion|[0953FE2C125A] RELIGION & DEVOTION|[0953FE2C125A] RELIGION & DEVOTION -> [0E1EB3E2834F] Protestant Reformation|
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t Goy
About Asher Rare Books
Dealers in rare books and manuscripts since 1830. Located in 't Goy, near Utrecht in the Netherlands.
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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