Lot n° 1196

HOTTON, Godefroid De l’union et réconciliation des Eglises Euangéliques de l’Europe, ou Des moyens d’établir entre elles une tollérance en charité (… ) [trsl. from the Latin] Hélie Poirier. 1697 J. Blaeu, 191-[1] pp. [bound with] IDEM...

Estimation : 250 / 400
Adjudication : 800 €
Description
– Tractaet van de christelycke vereeninge en bevredinge der Euangelische Kercken in Europa [trsl. from the Latin]. Amsterdam, (J. Lescaille for) J. Blaeu, 1648, 143-[1] pp. [and] BLONDEL, David – Familier esclaircissement de la question si une femme a esté assise au Siege Papal de Rome entre Leon IV, & Benoist III. Amsterdam, J. Blaeu, 1647, 109-[3] pp., 3 works in 1 vol., 8vo, old sheep (rubbed, front joint starting to split, head & tail def.), gilt spine on 4 raised bands, red edges, marbled endpapers (some quires age-toned).  Good copy.
1. Extr. rare French trsl. by H. Poirier (1600-after 1650) of a plea for unity and peace among protestants (Calvinists and Lutherans) by G. Hotton (1596-1656), minister of the Eglise Wallonne of Amsterdam. The work, originally in Latin (Blaeu 1647), is dedicated to Christina of Sweden. Ref. BnF (1). Not in Goldsmith (BL), STCN. - 2. Dutch version of Hotton’s text in an anonymous trsl. Gothic type. Ref. STCN (1: VU). Not in BnF, BL. - 3. Essay on Pope Joan by the Calvinist theologian D. Blondel (1590-1655). Woodcut mark on title. Ref. STCN (3). BnF. Goldsmith B-1198. Bookseller’s ticket A. Durand, Paris.
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