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VERSTEGAN, Richard. Theatrum crudelitatum hæreticorum. Anvers, Adrien Hubert, 1604. 8vo. 200x162. Half vellum binding and mute hardback. Pages. 95. Engraved frontispiece. 29 copper-engraved half-page illustrations. Headpieces, Ornate initials, xylographic friezes. A few restuarions and defects. Very rare beautifully figured Latin edition. The engravings, of excellent workmanship, have been attributed to Johannes Wierix. The author set out to leave a timely record of the violence perpetrated by Protestants in England, France, Ireland, Belgium and the Netherlands against Catholics. The work therefore is a theological-political denunciation of the persecutions that were unleashed in the aftermath of the Protestant Reformation. It consists of a figurative part closely united with a textual, discursive and didactic part, which is intended to describe and explain the individual scenes illustrated. Graesse II, 19 et VII, 110 ; Brunet II, 1468 et V, 773.D.A. Freedberg, 'The representation of martyrdoms during the early Counter-Reformation in Antwerp,' in Burlington Magazine, 118 (1976), p.128-38; A.G. Petti. 'A bibliography of the writings of Richard Verstegan (c.1550-1641)', in Recusant History, 7 (1963-4), p. 82-103. 8vo. 200x162. Quarter vellum and cardboards. Pages. 95. Engraved title page. 29 half-page illustrations, engraved in copper. Headpieces, decorated initials, woodcut vignettes. Some restorations and defects. Very rare beautifully illustrated Latin edition. The engravings, of excellent workmanship, have been attributed to Johannes Wierix. The author proposed to leave a precise testimony of the violence perpetrated by Protestants in England, France, Ireland, Belgium and the Netherlands against Catholics. The work is therefore a theological-political denunciation of the persecutions that broke out in the aftermath of the Protestant reform. It consists of a figurative part closely combined with a textual, discursive and didactic part, which intends to describe and explain the illustrated scenes.

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VERSTEGAN, Richard. Theatrum crudelitatum hæreticorum. Anvers, Adrien Hubert, 1604. 8vo. 200x162. Half vellum binding and mute hardback. Pages. 95. Engraved frontispiece. 29 copper-engraved half-page illustrations. Headpieces, Ornate initials, xylographic friezes. A few restuarions and defects. Very rare beautifully figured Latin edition. The engravings, of excellent workmanship, have been attributed to Johannes Wierix. The author set out to leave a timely record of the violence perpetrated by Protestants in England, France, Ireland, Belgium and the Netherlands against Catholics. The work therefore is a theological-political denunciation of the persecutions that were unleashed in the aftermath of the Protestant Reformation. It consists of a figurative part closely united with a textual, discursive and didactic part, which is intended to describe and explain the individual scenes illustrated. Graesse II, 19 et VII, 110 ; Brunet II, 1468 et V, 773.D.A. Freedberg, 'The representation of martyrdoms during the early Counter-Reformation in Antwerp,' in Burlington Magazine, 118 (1976), p.128-38; A.G. Petti. 'A bibliography of the writings of Richard Verstegan (c.1550-1641)', in Recusant History, 7 (1963-4), p. 82-103. 8vo. 200x162. Quarter vellum and cardboards. Pages. 95. Engraved title page. 29 half-page illustrations, engraved in copper. Headpieces, decorated initials, woodcut vignettes. Some restorations and defects. Very rare beautifully illustrated Latin edition. The engravings, of excellent workmanship, have been attributed to Johannes Wierix. The author proposed to leave a precise testimony of the violence perpetrated by Protestants in England, France, Ireland, Belgium and the Netherlands against Catholics. The work is therefore a theological-political denunciation of the persecutions that broke out in the aftermath of the Protestant reform. It consists of a figurative part closely combined with a textual, discursive and didactic part, which intends to describe and explain the illustrated scenes.

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