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1547. BOOK. (LAW-HERESY). CASTRO, ALFONSI A:. DE IUSTA HAERETICORUM PUNITIONE LIBRI TRES. Salmanticae: Ioannes Giunta, 1547. Large 4º. 14 h. + 226 fol. Text in two columns. Title page with woodcut architectural border. Some old marginal notes or underlining from the period. Woodcut initials. Restored copy. Bound in restored parchment, spine labeled. Ex-libris. The work seeks to explore and propose the proper balance between the punishment of heretics and their restoration to the faith, while also attempting to explain the phenomenon of heresy. The work is set primarily during the period of Protestantism’s spread throughout Europe. CCPB 570802-8. Palau 49077. First edition.