De Ioanna Papissa, sive Famosae quaestione, an foemina ulla inter Leonem IV, & Benedictum III, Romanos Pontifices, media sederit, anakrisis [Greek].

8vo: [1, 1 bl., 94]-140-[36] pp.; 1 fold. table (some toning).

Contemp. vellum, flat spine titled in ink (loosening at end, tail def.). Good copy.

Rare 1st ed. of the Latin translation of the work of the French theologian Blondel (1590-1655) on Pope Joan in which he denounces the fact that this is a pure myth. Includes Greek quotes and chronological tables.
Ref. STCN. - Cioranescu 12941.
Prov. G.J. de Servais (1735-1807), Mechelen botanist and biobliophile (ms. entry on front endpaper). - Frédéric Verachter (1797-1870), Antwerp archivist and collector (ms. entry on title). - Stainmetzen (armorial bookpl.).