Clichtoveus (Judocus) Opus insigne beate patris Cyrilli Alexandrini in Evangelium Joannis, translated by Georgio Trapezontio, lacking final blank leaf and S4-5 essentially lacking (tiny portion remaining), Paris, Wolfgang Hopyl, 1521, bound with Comentarii in Leviticum, F4-5 lacking but with G4-5 supplied twice in its place, Paris, Wolfgang Hopyl, 1521, bound with Preclarum...Thesaur. nuncupass., Paris, Wolfgang Hopyl, 1521, together 3 works in 1 vol., each work with similar decorative woodcut title, second and third works with same full-page woodcut illustration on verso of final leaf, woodcut initials, ink ownership inscription to first title dated 1638, occasional ink marginalia, small scattered worm holes and a few worm traces to first title and early ff., some staining and browning, the odd marginal nick or tear, cracking at hinges, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, clasps, soiled and rather worn, modern chemise and slip-case, small folio.
⁂ Josse van Clichtove was a Flemish humanist theologian, priest and librarian of the Sorbonne. He was a great adversary of Luther, against whom he wrote extensively.
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