Waldensia id est Conservatio verae Ecclesiae, demonstrata ex confessionibus, cum Taboritarum, ante CC. fere annos, tum Bohemorum, circa tempora Reformationis, scriptis [2nd ed.].

8vo: [16]-415 (= 416)-[16]-367-[1 bl.] pp. (strong browning and spotting).

Cont. limp vellum, flat spine titled in ink. Good copy.

Re-issue of the original edition (1616) of a history of the pre-Reformation, as illustrated by the Waldensians, by the Dordrecht preacher B. Lydius (1576-1629). On pp. 368-415 the “Historia Bohemica” of Aeneas Sylvius (Pope Pius II, 1405-1464). Woodcut mark on title. Ref. STCN 155973223. - Not in BnF, BL. Prov. “Bibliothecae Colbertinae”, i.e. the enormous library of the French statesman J.B. Colbert, 1619-1683, and “For our Company, at Arras College” [English Jesuits] (ownership entries on title). - Collector’s and bookseller’s tickets erased.