Histoire du Lutheranisme (1681)
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Histoire du Lutheranisme (1681)
by P. Lewis Maimbourg
Full Title: Histoire du Lutheranisme. Par le P. Louïs Maimbourg, de la Compagnie de Jesus.
5 ¼ x 3. In French. Published by Paris: Suivant la Copie Imprimee, 1681-1682. Second Edition. Two volumes bound as one. Complete. Laced vellum, slightly discolored. Hinges fine. Hand-lettered spine title. Engraved frontispiece depicting Luther in a monasterial scene. Two different publisher's devices on the title-pages. Clues to provenance on front pastedown, beginning with Kirsch, 1829. Text block in near FINE condition. A SPLENDID COPY, indeed. (The image of the author we included on our website is NOT in the book.)
Maimbourg (1610 – 1686, Paris) was a French Jesuit and historian. He entered the Society of Jesus at the age of sixteen and after studying at Rome, he became a classical master in the Jesuit college at Rouen. His numerous works include histories of Arianism, the iconoclast controversy, the Great Schism of 1054, Lutheranism, Calvinism, and of the pontificates of Leo I and Gregory I. His works were written in a very lively and attractive style, but often viewed as inaccurate and untrustworthy. This book was, however, placed on the Roman Catholic Index in 1680.
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