Mar 07, 2019 - Sale 2501

Sale 2501 - Lot 44

Price Realized: $ 1,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
CALVIN, JEAN. Institutio Christianæ religionis. [28], 742, [134] pages. 8vo, 176x103 mm, later 17th-century panelled calf, joints cracked with glue traces on rear joint, cords intact; occasional foxing, minor worming at beginning not impairing legibility, dark stains in blank upper margin of pages 91-104 and across pages 335-50, paper corrosion along fore edges at end of volume causing occasional slight text loss on index leaves, later owner's signature on title. London: Thomas Vautrollerius, 1576

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First edition published in England of the fundamental doctrinal work of the Reformation. Printing and the Mind of Man 65 (1536 original edition). STC 4425 (this edition).