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(CALVIN, J.). Stoicheiôsis tès Christianôn piseôs (…). Rudimenta fidei Christianæ, sive Catechismus. huic adiunctus nunc est Catechismus alius magis compendiarius. (Geneva, H. Estienne), 1575. 397, (3 blank) pp. W. woodcut printer device on ti. 16°. Mod. cf. w. gilt lettered spine. (Margins cut, inner margin a bit wormholed at the end (sl. affecting text)).
Calvin's renowned catechism translated into Greek by Henri Estienne. The Greek and Latin texts are found on opposite pages. First printed in 1551 (Greek text only!). The 1563 edition was the first one to comprise Latin text as well. The present edition is noteworthy for containing for the first time the 'Catechismus alius' (pp. 268-313). - Index Aureliensis 130.137; Adams C-1045; Renouard I, 141 no. 2.€ 500
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