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Histoira Ecclesiastica. Dat is warachtighe beschrijvinghe aller ouder Christelijcker kercken. Ten eersten de Historia Ecclesiastica Eusebij [...] elf boecken. Ten anderen de Historia Ecclesiastica Tripartita, Sozomeni/Socratis/ ende Theodoreti twaelf boec

Dordrecht
P. Verhaghen
1612/13

Folio, [24], 488, [42] pp. Large woodcut on title depicting a range of atrocities inflicted on martyrs. General title in red/black. Gothic type in 2 col. Cont. overl. vellum. Good copy

Rare enlarged Dutch translation of the oldest histories of the early Christian Church by Eusebius of Caesarea (265-340) and Cassiodorus (486-580) Latin version of the 'Historia Ecclesiastica Tripartita' by various Greek scholars. With an additional chapter on the dawn of the Reformation in Brance (1517-1556) with plenty of ref. to i.a. Wiclef, Hus, Luther, Calvin, Erasmus ('eene Hollander, die de Latijnse sprake als uyt de groote duysternisse, in een schoon licht heeft gemackt'). Ref.: STCN - Not in Simoni (BL); BnF, NUC, Motagne (Namur)

Wars of religion

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