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Zwingli, Ulrich.
Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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Description
- Christianae fidei... brevis & clara expositio, ab ipso Zuinglio paulo ante mortem eius ad Regem Christianum scripta, hactenus a nemine excusa & nunc primum in lucem edita. (Zurich: Christoph Froschauer), 1536
8vo (163 x 98mm.), old calf, lacking final blank, small hole on title-page with loss of a few letters, first few leaves creased and soiled, rebacked and repaired
Provenance
Henry, bishop of Exeter, bookplate dated 1866
Literature
Vischer C254
Catalogue Note
first edition. This treatise, written in 1531, was addressed to the King of France ("Rex Christianus") in an attempt to win him over to the cause of the Reformation. But soon after writing it Zwingli died on the battlefield of Kappel against the French forces.