Marnix van St. Aldegonde, Philips van (1538-1598) The Bee Hive of the Romish Church

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Marnix van St. Aldegonde, Philips van (1538-1598)The Bee Hive of the Romish Church. London: by Dawson to be sold by Simmons, 1636.
Octavo, edited by John Stell (fl. 1580); translated by George Gilpin (1514?-1602); index signed by Abraham Fleming (1552?-1607); a reply to Gentian Hervet's (1499-1584) Missyve oft Seyndbrief, sixth English edition, lacking a woodcut plate mentioned in the ESTC, title page torn with slight loss to the imprint, made up in pen facsimile, several paper repairs to verso of title, repeated signatures on endleaves and in blank margins throughout of Peter Pauer, 1666; spotting and toning in keeping with normal use; contemporary blind-ruled calf, with old fabric reinforcement of front board, both joints cracking.
A student of Calvin and Beza, Marnix composed one of the most popular and influential anti-Catholic tracts of the Reformation. The Bee Hive was first published in English in 1579.
Estimate $300-500

*8, **8, [para1-4]8, [para5]2, A-Z8, Aa-Xx8, Yy2, with blank **8. [50] 364 leaves.


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