[Rarebooks] FS: An uncommon ed. of Polydore Vergil. Basil: 1570

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Vergil, Polydore. DE RERUM INVENTORIBUS LIBRI OCTO, Eiusdem in Orationem Dominicam Commentariolum. Cum Indice & Rerum & Verborum Locupletissimo. Basil: (per Thomam Guarinum). 1570. 16mo. (44),675,(125)pp. Index. Large woodcut device on title and on recto of final leaf. Orig. vellum, spine lettered "Polydorus." Very nice copy.     $850.00 (trade discount allowed)An uncommon edition of Polydore Vergil's (1470-1555) "on the invention of things". The final chapters cover the origins of Christian rites and institutions, and include some criticism of monks, priestly celibacy, indulgences, etc., and as a consequence was included on the INDEX LIBRORUM PROHIBITORUM of 1564. VD16 V760.

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