Secunda Centuria – Johannes Nas – 1568 | anti-Protestant Counter-Reformation

Secunda Centuria, das ist das ander Hundert, der Evangelischen wahrheit, written by Johannes Nas was the second part of polemical writings against Protestant teachings. Published in 1568, Nas attacks Martin Luther and his teachings, denounces those associated with Protestant doctrine, and urged Catholics to remain steadfast in their faith. Surviving examples of Counter-Reformation literature are rare, and this vellum-bound tome is no exception.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Secunda Centuria, das ist das ander Hundert, der Evangelischen wahrheit : an welchen als bey den Früchten der baum unserer widersacher irrige lehr, betrug und thorheit menigklich entdecket wirdt
• Author(s): Johannes Nas
• Illustrator(s):
• Contributor(s):
• Publisher: Weissenhorn, Ingolstadt
• Edition: (16mo), single volume
• Format: Size and format
• Binding: Full vellum
• Size:  6.25 in x 4.5 in (15.9 cm x 11.4 cm)
• Collation: [8], 267, [12]
• Illustrations:
• Contents Include:
  • Nas’s second part of a larger series of Catholic polemical writings
  • Refutations of Protestant and Lutheran teachings
  • Exhortations to Catholic readers to remain firm in doctrine
• Provenance: provenance
• Reference(s): USTC 692887

Condition:

Full vellum binding, wrinkled and rubbed. The text block is tight and secure.

Why Collect This?

• Scarce Ingolstadt theological printing from the Counter-Reformation
• Authored by one of the period’s most active Franciscan controversialists
• A complete survival in original vellum

Item Number: #29272