Confirmatione Et Stabilimento Di Tutti I Dogmi Catholici, Con La Subuersione Di Tutti I Fondamenti, Motiui & Ragioni De I Moderni Eretici Sino Al Numero. 482. Leggi Pio Lettore, Tv Che Desideri Di Uiuere & Morire Ne La Uera & Santa Fede De Gli Antichi Padri, & Uedrai Che Simile Opera Non Ti E Piu Capitata A Le Mani, Ne Laquale Si Ha Abondantemente La Confutatione Di Tutto Il Luteranesimo. In Venetia, Per Domenico Zio, [1553].
Confirmation and Establishment of All the Catholic Dogmas, with the Overthrow of All the Foundations, Motives, and Arguments of the Modern Heretics, up to the Number 482. Read, Pious Reader, You Who Desire to Live and Die in the True and Holy Faith of the Ancient Fathers, and You Will See that No Similar Work Has Ever Before Come into Your Hands, in Which One Finds in Abundance the Refutation of All Lutheranism. In Venice, By Domenico Zio, [1553]
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Early Venetian polemical treatise against Protestantism, printed in 1553 by Domenico Zio (date given by EDIT16). The anonymous author sets out to “confirm and establish all the Catholic dogmas” while systematically overturning the “482 foundations, motives, and reasons” of the Lutheran heresy. Addressed to the “pio lettore,” it exhorts readers to remain steadfast in the true and ancient faith of the Fathers, presenting itself as a comprehensive confutation of “tutto il Luteranesimo.”
An evocative product of the Catholic Counter-Reformation at mid-century, reflecting the urgency of Italian presses to rebut and suppress Protestant theology. A scarce survival from the Venetian polemical press.
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Provenance:
Bookplates from St. Mark's Library, the General Theological Seminary, New York, Rare Book Room.
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Size: 110 x 150 mm (approx.)
Condition:
Vellum binding, worn, crinkled, rubbed and with some marks. Backstrip lacking. Both boards detached. Small tear to rear blank. Holes present to both boards from where there used to be ties. Page edges unevenly toned with some marks. Bookplates attached to front and rear pastedown. Ink inscription to front pastedown reading "HH. XXIV. 4." Small holes to the title page. Text block fairly clean with some light toning, occasional foxing, and some damp staining to edges to occasional leaves. Uncollated. Last gathering detached. Ink inscription to rear blank.
[EDIT 16 CNCE 25823]
