07-20-201807-21-2018
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
3117BBoston
July 20, 2018 12:00 PMCalender
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Verheiden, Jacob (active 1590) The History of Moderne Protestant Divines.

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Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 3117BLocation: BostonDate / Time: July 20, 2018 12:00PM

Description:

Verheiden, Jacob (active 1590) The History of Moderne Protestant Divines. London: 1637. Second edition, octavo, lacking engraved title page, illustrated with forty-five engraved text portraits of protestant divines including Hus, Erasmus, Luther, Melanchthon, Zwingli, Bucer, Calvin, Bale, Tyndale, Cranmer, and many others; bound in later half leather, rare; nine U.S. copies in ESTC; no auction sales since 1995, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.

The section on English writers was drawn from Henry Holland's Heroologia Anglica.

A3-8, a8, B-Z8 (lacking engraved title, text leaf H8, and final signature Aa, which consists of six text leaves and two blanks).
http://estc.bl.uk/S119100
Estimate $1,500-2,000


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Keywords

Henry Holland, United States, London