[Counter-Reformation]. Muzio, Girolamo. Le mentite ochiniane. Venice, Giolito de Ferrari, 1551. In 8° (158 x 105 mm);185 [but 186], [1] papers. Typographic mark to title page and colophon (restorations to title page and corners of first and last 6 papers with loss of text, occasional stains to lower white margin, last blank paper missing). Parchment binding. Rare first edition of this work which is a true refutation of the doctrines of the great reformer Bernardino Ochino in his Sermons. The volume also contains the famous letter Ochino sent to Vittoria Colonna in which he explains the reasons for his conversion and subsequent departure from Italy.

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