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[Philosophy - Religion] CASTELLESI, Adriano De vera philosophia libri IIII. ex quatuor Ecclesiae doctoribus conscripti [...]. Cologne, M. von Neuss, 8vo: [(of 144)] ff. (prelim. bl. a8 missing; toned, some minor dampstaining and thumbing, a few minor stains, old repair to bl. bottom corner C7 [I]). Old half vellum, green tinted covers, spine with 4 raised bands (spine sl. splitting). Very good copy. Rare treatise on religious philosophy by the Italian humanist Cardinal Castellesi (1460-1521). Woodcut mark on title. Ref. VDC-- Adams C-- STC German (BL) Prov. A few old annotations. - On front endpaper an inscription in memory of his mother (dated by the Helmstedt theology professor Heinrich Rixner (1634-1692). - "Sum M. Rodolphi Hillebrandi Bremensis" (old ownership entry on title). - Society of Writers to her Majesty’s Signet (armorial bookpl. Edinburgh, library partly sold 1959-and 1979). Bound with: Curio, Celio Secondo - Araneus, seu De prouidentia Dei, libellus uere aureus, cum alijs nonnullis eiusdem opusculis [...]. Basel, J. Oporinus, July 8vo: [40]-[= 284]-[2-2 bl.] pp. Theological treatise by the Italian protestant humanist in Switzerland Celio Secondo Curione (1503-1569). Ref. VDC-- Adams C-- STC German - Witzel, Georg - Sylvula dictorum ecclesiasticorum e S. Patribus promiscue collectorum. Mainz, Fr. Behem, 8vo: ff. Rare anthology of quotations from the Church Fathers, collected by the German theologian Witzel (1501-1573). Woodcut mark at the end. Ref. VDW-- Adams W-- Not in STC German.