[Rarebooks] FS: Bullinger's very rare work in defense of Queen Elizabeth. London: 1571

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Bullinger, Heinrich. BULLAE PAPISTICAE ANTE BIENNIUM CONTRA SERENISS. 
ANGLIAE, FRANCIAE & HYBERNIAE ELIZABETHAM,: & Contra Inclytum Angliae Regnum 
Promulgatae, Refutatio... London: Joha[n]nem Dayum. 1571. First edition. 4to. 
ff.85,(1). Title within a wide type ornament border. Cont. gilt tooled calf, 
each cover with a large round central ornament, nicely rebacked to style. 
Small faded stain on title page and occasional text soiling. Blank fore-edge 
margin of title slightly trimmed.     $3,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
A very rare book and an important text on the religious controversy of 
Queen Elizabeth's reign. Bullinger defends Elizabeth and condemns the Pope. A 
Swiss reformer and close friend of Zwingli, Bullinger (1504-1575) was an 
esteemed author in England where dozens of his works were printed in the 16th 
century. The last copy to be sold at auction was in 1979. STC 4043.

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