Defe[n]sio regie assertionis co[n]tra Babylonica[m] captiuitate[m] [...]. In qua respondet pro [...] Anglor[um] Rege Henrico.viij. fidei defensore, ad maledicentissimum Martini Lutheri libellu[m] [...].

8vo: [10]-136 ff. (sl. toned, some soiling, marg. dampstaining, stamp deleted).

Mod. half calf, spine on 4 raised bands. Good copy.

2nd edition (1st June 1525) of a defense of Henry VIII against Luther’s “Von der babylonischen Gefangenschaft der Kirche” (1520). John Fisher (1459-1535), bishop of Rochester and Chancellor of Cambridge University, was executed in 1535 by order of Henry VIII for refusing to accept the king as Supreme Head of the Church of England. He was canonised, with Thomas More, on 19 May 1935 by Pope Pius XI. The work was edited by the Cologne Dominican Johann Romberck (1480-1533). Ref. VD-16 F-1227. - Adams F-537. - Kuczynski 819. - STC German (BL) 458. Prov. “Theodoricus plauen pastor me eccl[es]ie sue Angiensi dono dedit 37 residens sub anno”, Edingen/Enghien (cont. presentation inscription on title). - Library stamps removed. - Mod. bookpl.