Nov 11, 2008 - Sale 2162

Sale 2162 - Lot 170

Price Realized: $ 780
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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
WYCLIF, JOHN. Dialogorum libri quatuor. [8], 318 pages * WIRTH, LUDWIG PHILIPP. D. Iohannes Wiclefii . . . Wahrhafte und gegründete Nachrichten von seinem Leben, Lehrsätzen, und Schriften. [8], 68 pages, including engraved frontispiece portrait. Together, 2 volumes in one. 4to, contemporary flexible boards, spine partly discolored and worn; contents toned; institutional bookplate and card pocket. Frankfurt & Leipzig: Johann Gottlieb Vierling, 1753; Bayreuth & Hof: Johann Gottlieb Vierling, 1754

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Second edition of Wyclif's Trialogus, written circa 1382-83 and published in 1525, the first of his works to appear in print, "which summarizes and attempts to synthesize his philosophical, theological, and political views via a 'trialogue' among Truth, Lies, and Wisdom" (DLB); bound with the first edition of Wirth's Wyclif biography.