$221
Reuchlin, Johann (1455-1522) and Pietro Galatino (fl. circa 1480-1539) De Arcanis Catholicae Veritatis, Libri XII. Frankfurt am Main: Seyler, 1672. Folio, title printed in red and black, engraved title vignette, half-title present, ex libris Archbishop Corrigan Memorial Library, Library of the Lake College, Xavier Union, and the Catholic Club of New York, with bookplates inside the front board, other stamps, toned, full parchment, boards reflexed, stained, joints starting, 11 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. A dialogue between Capnio (Johann Reuchlin) and the Dominican inquisitor Jacobus van Hoogstraten, in defense of Reuchlin in the controversy over the confiscation of Jewish books, followed by Reuchlin's De Arte Cabalistica Libri Tres.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2017-05-23