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ERASTUS, THOMAS. Explicatio gravissimae quaestionis. [16], 390, [10] pages. 4to, contemporary limp vellum lacking thong ties, book block loose in binding; dampstaining along top edges, occasional light foxing and marginal soiling, some worming in lower margins not affecting text, old bookseller's catalogue description mounted inside front cover. Pesclavii: apud Baocium Sultaceterum [i.e., London: John Wolfe for Giacopo Castelvetro], 1589
first edition of the posthumously published treatise on excommunication by a Swiss theologian and physician (1524-83). "In Erastus's view, the civil authorities in a state which professes but one religion have the right and the duty to exercise jurisdiction in all matters whether civil or ecclesiastical, and to punish all offenses; and even such purely ecclesiastical sanctions as excommunication are subject to their approval" (ODCC). STC 10511.
