Original title :CONCILE DE TRENTE HERVET Le Sainct, sacré, universel et général 1566
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HERVET (Gentian), Le Sainct, sacré, universel et général Concile de Trente, printed in Rheims by Jean de Foigny; sold in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, 1566. Full leather binding (heavily worn with some small losses, 11 x 17 cm), containing 4 ff. (table, privilege...) & 279 leaves, followed by 11 leaves of table (last table leaf missing). Subtle small wormholes on…
HERVET (Gentian), Le Sainct, sacré, universel et général Concile de Trente, printed in Rheims by Jean de Foigny; sold in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, 1566. Full leather binding (heavily worn with some small losses, 11 x 17 cm), containing 4 ff. (table, privilege...) & 279 leaves, followed by 11 leaves of table (last table leaf missing). Subtle small wormholes on the inner margin. Rare edition, translated by Gentian Hervet (1499-1584), a Catholic humanist and canon of Reims since 1561, one of the few French theologians who attended the Council sessions. Censored authors in the Index of prohibited books (pp. 241-269) include names like Théodore de Bèze, Boccace, Calvin, Clément Marot, Luther, Érasme, Rabelais, Robert Estienne, Étienne Dolet, etc.