Anti-Council of Trent & Calvinism Apologia – Tuppio & Genillet – 1597/1588 | Geneva

Two works of Reformation-era theology, bound together as one book. Printed in Geneva, this book contains Concilii tridentini restitutioni, seu continuationi, a Pio IIII Pontificae anno 1562 edited by Laurentius Tuppio; a plea against continuing the Council of Trent and Pope Pius IV. It also contains Apologia Pro Christianis Gallis Religionis Evangelicae by Innocent Genillet which is a defense of reformed Calvinism written during the Wars of Religion.

Bibliographic Details

• Titles:
  • Concilii tridentini restitutioni, seu continuationi, a Pio IIII Pontificae anno 1562. indictae, decretisque tunc editis, opposita gravamina;
  • Apologia Pro Christianis Gallis Religionis Evangelicae, feu Reformatae
• Author(s):
  • Laurentius Tuppio
  • Innocent Genillet
• Contributor(s): Laurentius Tuppio (Translator)
• Publisher:
  • Geneva, Gabriel Carterius
  • Geneva, Iacobus Stoer
• Edition:
  • 1597
  • 1588
• Format: (12mo), single volume
• Binding: Contemporary vellum
• Size:  7 in x 4.75 in (17.8 cm x 12 cm)
• Collation:
  • [16], 438, [28];
  • [46], 304, [8]
• Contents Include:
  • Concilii tridentini restitutioni (anti-Tridentine text)
  • Apologia Pro Christianis Gallis Religionis Evangelicae (Huguenot defense)
• Provenance: Bookplate – St. Mark’s Library, The General Theological Seminary
• Reference(s):
  • USTC 451590
  • USTC 451160

Condition:

The book retains its original vellum binding with manuscript spine titling. The binding is firm and intact. Overall very good, with complete pagination and a sound text block.

Why Collect This?

• Pairing of two rare 16^th-century works in one binding

Item Number: #29234