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LIVRE MERVEILLEUX, contenant . . . .de plusieurs traittez . . . faisant mention de tous les faictz de l''Eglise universelle. 1565

LIVRE MERVEILLEUX, contenant en bref la fleur & substance de plusieurs traittez, tant des Propheties & revelations, qu''anciennes Croniques, faisant mention de tous les faictz de l''Eglise universelle [etc.]. 8vo, later 18th-century red straight-grain morocco gilt; contents toned, light marginal dampstaining on title and elsewhere. Later 19th-century leaf of bibliographical notes in French bound at end. Bookplate of the poet and occultist Stanislas de Guaita (1861-97). Paris: Thibault Bessault, 1565

  • Notes: scarce first edition of a collection of prophecies relating to the Church and the coming of the Antichrist attributed to a 14th-century hermit monk named Theolofre. A note by Ruzo at the end of the volume suggests that it was written wholly or in part by Nostradamus. Caillet 6723.
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