CAMERARIUS (Philippe). Les Heures desrobées,... - Lot 16 - Giquello

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CAMERARIUS (Philippe). Les Heures desrobées,... - Lot 16 - Giquello
CAMERARIUS (Philippe). Les Heures desrobées, ou Méditations historiques. Paris, Jean Gesselin, 1610. 8 pages, marbled basane, spine decorated, red title, red edges (contemporary binding). Edition in the French translation of François Rosset, given after the version of Simon Goulart. The most important work of Philip Camerarius (1537-1624), son of the famous humanist, who was a counselor in the Senate of Nuremberg and first chancellor of the University of Altdorf, on various subjects: the persecution of the Christians under Nero and Diocletian, the cruelty of the Arrians, Nestorians and ancient sectarians, the superstitions of men, the torches and night fires (follets), the beliefs around the owl "misguided oyseau", the tyranny and cruelty of some princes, the desire for revenge, the fight of women and dwarfs, the miserable condition of gladiators, gunpowder, arquebuses, venomous insects and other harmful animals, the ruin of the Templars, etc. Paper foxed. Binding rubbed, snagged at the top cover.
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