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MIRABILIS LIBER qui prophetias Revelationesq[ue] necno[n] res mira[n]das p[re]teritas presentes & futuras, aperte demonstrat. 1524-28?

MIRABILIS LIBER qui prophetias Revelationesq[ue] necno[n] res mira[n]das p[re]teritas presentes & futuras, aperte demonstrat. Latin and French text. 110 [i. e., 108], 28 leaves. Printed in gothic and bâtarde types. 2 parts in one volume. 8vo, 18th-century calf gilt with morocco lettering piece, spine missing portion of top compartment, chipped at bottom; dampstaining throughout, early inscriptions on title. [Paris]: "On les vent au Lyon dargent en la rue sainct Jacques" [i. e., Ambroise Girault, circa 1524-28?]

  • Notes: First published in 1522, an important collection of mostly medieval prophecies concerning the Antichrist, the Church and the Papacy, the French monarchy, etc. The 28-leaf section in French is drawn largely from the 13th-century Prophécies de Merlin.
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