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Estimate €500 - €700
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Theology Hervet, Gentian Gentiani Herveti Aurelii De Domini in coelos Ascensione oratio. With a woodcut vignette on the title page and a figurative woodcut initial. Florence, Torrentino, 1552. 20 leaves. (last 2 weeks). 8°. Later leather binding with gold-stamped back shield, rich gilt decoration, fillets, red-edged pages and marbled endpapers (front joint split, slightly rubbed and minimally scuffed). EDIT 16 CNCE 22809. USTC 835693. – Not listed in Adams. – Moreni, *Annali della tipografia fiorentina di Lorenzi Torrentino*, 1819, p. 193: “His rare learning and the gentleness of his conversation won him the friendship of all the great men of Italy. He attended the Council of Trent with distinction and delivered two speeches there, one on clandestine marriages and the other on the re-establishment of ecclesiastical discipline.” - Gentian Hervet (1499–1584) was a French Roman Catholic theologian, humanist and polemicist. He was one of the few Frenchmen to take part in the Council of Trent. - Title page with a collector’s stamp. Slightly stained. A good copy. Theology, . With a title woodcut vignette and a figural woodcut initial. Later leather binding with a gilt spine label, rich gilt on the spine, red edges and marbled endpapers (front joint cracked, somewhat rubbed and minimally scuffed). - Gentian Hervet (1499–1584) was a French Roman Catholic theologian, humanist and controversialist. He was one of the few Frenchmen to take part in the Council of Trent. - Title page with collector’s stamp. Somewhat stained. Good copy. This lot is subject to standard taxation. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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About the sale Valuable books, prints, historical photographs
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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