Chrysopassus

Eck, Johann, 1486-1543

Summary: A significant treatise on predestination. Johann Eck expounds a view of free will and merit, which was soon to come under attack by Martin Luther and other Protestants.
Signatures: a-c⁴ A-Y⁶ Z⁴ 2A⁶ 2B⁴. Last p. blank.
Imprint: (from colophon) Augustae Vindelicorum Ex Officina Millerana Mense Nouembri Anno MDXIIII ...--P. [315]
Illustrative and Decorative Content: Wood-engraved t.p. with figures of Jacob and Esau blessed by Christ from above, and surrounded by an architecural border. Printer's device on p. [315] beneath colophon. Printer's device hand-colored.
Binding: Bound in half pigskin, alum-tawed, over wooden boards, blind-tooled, with brass and leather clasps (one lacking), and with title and author statement inscribed on upper board.
Additional Details: Includes dedicatory poem by Urbanus Rhegius--P. [24]. From the library of the Loci Capuccinorum Bambergae, 1638, with its inscription.

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