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Beza, Theodore de (1519-1605) Poemata Juvenilia . [France: no printer, no date, c. 1550]. 16mo, this undated edition is noted for the death's head woodcut compartment used for the title page, 62 pages, bound in crushed brown morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, front joint starting to crack. An important figure in the Reformation, Beza's juvenile verse came back to haunt him. Opposing forces in the Catholic church charged him with loose morals, and pointed to these youthful poems as proof of his corruption. Collated, the last signature has six leaves, the final blank.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18
