1740 Rare Latin Book - Novum Jesu Christi Testamentum - New Testament

 

(Description)

Author : A Latine Redditum by Sebastiano Castalione
Title: Novum Jesu Christi Testamentum
Language: Text in Latin.
Publisher: Londini, Impensis R. Ware, A. Ward, S. Birt, T. Longman, C. Hitch & C. Bathurst, 1740.
Size: 6.5 " X 4 "
Pages: 360 pages
Binding: Good full calf leather binding (hinges weak but still tight, overall worn and scuffed)  under a removable protective mylar cover .
Content : Good content (bright, and tight, rare foxing and staining, missing the last free blank endpaper page).

Estimate: (USD 200 - USD 250)

The book: Scarce 18th century edition of the New Testament including the Apocalypse of St. John.

The author : Sebastian Castellio (also Sébastien Châteillon, Châtaillon, Castellión, and Castello; 1515 – 29 December 1563) was a French preacher and theologian; and one of the first Reformed Christian proponents of religious toleration, freedom of conscience and thought.