(1548). ESPENCE (Claude Togniel d'). TRAICTE CONTRE L'ERREUR - Lot 225

(1548). ESPENCE (Claude Togniel d'). TRAICTE CONTRE L'ERREUR VIEL ET RENOUVELLE DES PREDESTINEZ. Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1548. In-12, [8]-202-[4] pages, basane, ornate ribbed spine (18th century binding). First edition of this manual against Calvinists, a virulent attack by Claude Togniel, sieur d'Espence, born in 1511 in Châlons en Champagne. He took part in the Poissy colloquy in 1561, where he crossed swords with Théodore de Bèze. Fine italic printing by Jean de Tournes. (Cartier n°113) (USTC 11138). Bound in suite: RABANI (Mauri). DE PRAEDESTINATIONE DEI ADVERSUS GOTHESCALCUM. Epistolae III. Nunc primum in lucem editae. Paris, Seb. Cramoisy, 1647. [12]-111-[3] pages. 2 works bound in 1 volume. Very worn binding.