1593 THEOLOGY by Petrus Michaelis ANTIQUE PIGSKIN BINDING 16th CENTURY

Michaelis,P. (d.i. P.M.Brillmacher)


Ein Christlichs Gesprech oder Disputation sampt freundtlicher vergleichung von Empfengnuß des allerheiligsten und hochwirdigsten Fronleichnams Iesu Christi unsers Erlösers und Heilandts under beiden oder einer Gestalt des Sacraments...

(A Christian Dialogue or Disputation, together with a friendly comparison of the reception of the Most Holy and Vivacious Corpus Christi of Jesus Christ, our Redeemer and Savior, under both or one form of the Sacrament...)

Cologne, Quentel's Heirs, 1582

 With 2 full-page woodcuts (title on verso and before p. 1)

36 leaves, 279 pp. 

Bound with:

Küblin, M.

Christlich und Catholischer Bericht: Von den Drey Hauptursachen der Einsatzung des Hochheiligisten Sacraments, des Altars, von Christo unserm Herren und Heyland, in seinem letzten Nachtmal eingesetzt...

(Christian and Catholic Account:
On the Three Principal Reasons for the Institution of the Most Holy Sacrament, the Altar, instituted by Christ our Lord and Savior at his Last Supper...)


Frankfurt, Böckler, 1593

 8 leaves, 166 pp.

Original blind-tooled  pigskin binding over wooden boards.

(Spine restored, clasps missing)

- I. VD 16, B 8317. II. VD 16, K 2488. -

Slightly browned, endpapers renewed, faded dampstain to the lower right corner of last few leaves

 - Both writings are rare.

 Size 4 1/4 by 6 1/2"

Text in German
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Peter Michael Brillmacher (1542–1595) was a German Jesuit priest and notable author during the Counter-Reformation. He used the Latinized pen name Petrus Michaelis.
A prominent preacher and theologian, he is best remembered for his catechetical and apologetic writings, which were widely published in Latin, German, and Flemish.  
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