Fasciculus Rerum Expetendarum et Fugiendarum (2 Volumes)

Gratius, Ortwinus; Ortuin Gratius; Ortwin van Graes; Edward Brown, Rector of Sundridge in Kent; Hardwin von Gratz

London : Impensis Richardi Chiswell, 1690

[Advocates of Catholic Reform] 2 volume set. Folios, 34.5 x 21 cm.  Bound in contemporary "Cambridge" style calf.  Renewed joints, rebacked with modern leather spines and original leather spine labels.  [12], xxxix, [5], 484, [4], 911, [17] p. Institutional blind stamp on title pages. Early signature "Lib A.E. Moore" on end page. Front end page and half title detached but included. 

Ortwin van Graes (1480-1542) was a German theologian and humanist.  First published in 1535, Graes' Fasciculus rerum (Cologne 1535), is a collection of 66 treatises from various writers such as Aeneas Sylvius, Lorenzo Valla, Wyclif, Poggio, the Waldenses, and others favorable to reform and critical of conditions within the Church. The work was later placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum. - New Catholic Encyclopedia.  "This curious and esteemed work is a collection of fugitive pieces intended to display the errors of the Church of Rome." - Lowndes I, p. 287; Brunet III, p. 1715; Wing G1583.  ESTC R16478.  

American Congressional Association blind stamp on title pages. Small early signature, Lib. A.E. Moore.