Lot n° 279

(Religion) - BELLARMIN, Robert.- De controversiis christianae fidei adversus huius temporis haereticos [...]. Ingolstadii, ex officina typographica Davidis Sartoriis, 1590 [- 1593]. 3 vol. in-f° : [24] pp.-2194-[34], [24]-1730-[22], [12]-1527-[74]...

Estimation : 250 / 300
Adjudication : 220 €
Description
pp. or columns (small clear foxing, stains and dampstains, handwritten mentions, wormholes mostly on the first lvs, some tears with small loss). Contemporary binding : calf on wooden boards, blind stamped covers (fillets, biblical characters, vegetal and floral ornaments), brass clasps, ribbed spines (wormholes, fragmentary loss of leather, 3 clasps lacking, 1 corner damaged, some repairs).
Third edition of part I and second edition of parts II and Ill of this most influential work. Bellarmin (1542-1560), cardinal-archbishop of Capua canonized in 1930, was one of the most learned controversialists and the first jesuit who taught theology at the University of Leuven. Neat typography on 2 columns with engraved ornamental initials, head- and tail-pieces, titles with large papal arms of Clement VIII. # De Backer-Sommervogel I-1157; # Brunet I-743 (other ed.); # Biogr. univ. III-544/545. ▲ Provenance : ex-dono from Nepolis Dantius to Johannes Roversius (handwritten mention in Latin). fl Troisième édition du 1er vol. et seconde édition pour les deux autres de l'oeuvre la plus influente de Bellarmin, premier jésuite professeur de théologie à l'université de Louvain. Plein veau de l'ép. sur ais de bois (défauts).
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