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XIMENES DE PREXANO, Petrus (d. 1495). Confutatorium errorum contra claves Ecclesiae nuper editorum. Toledo: Juan Vasquez, 31 July 1486.
Chancery 2° (286 x 204mm). Collation: \Kp\k4 a-n10 (\Kp\k1 blank, \Kp\k2r table of contents, \Kp\k4 blank, a1r author's address to Alfonso Carrillo (d.1482), Archbishop of Toledo, text, o10v colophon, n1r compendium of works concerning the condemnation of Petrus de Osoma's Confessionale, the author's retraction and Sixtus IV's bull of 9 August 1479, n9r register, n9v-n10 blank). 133 leaves (of 134, without final blank). 52 lines and headline, double column. Type: 1:81G. 2- to 7-line initial spaces, most with guide-letter. (Small repair in first 9 leaves with a little replaced in discreet facsimile, neat marginal repairs in next few quires, washed and pressed, a few narrow holes created by old ink underlining.) 20th-century brown morocco by Galvan tooled to a medieval Spanish style with rope-work borders and central arabesque roundel, punched gilt roundels, spine lettered in gilt, gilt edges, cream suede pastedowns.
FIRST EDITION AND THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED AT TOLEDO. Juan Vasquez introduced printing to Toledo in 1483/84 with the production of indulgences granted by Sixtus IV to raise funds for crusades against the Moors. The Confutatorium errorum is Vasquez's first book and the first piece of printing naming him as printer; he appears to have been closely associated with Jiménez de Prejano (BMC). Only three presses are known to have operated at Toledo in the 15th century. ALL TOLEDO IMPRINTS ARE RARE ON THE MARKET; only one, an imperfect Missal printed there in 1500, has been sold at auction in over 30 years.
The orthodox Jiménez was appointed by the Archbishop of Toledo (to whom the present work is dedicated) to head the council established to examine the work of a Salamancan professor, Pedro Martinez de Osma, for heresy. Martinez dared question the role of priests and the purchase of indulgences in absolving sin. The council issued its condemnation of the work in May 1479, the book was ordered to be burned, and the author recanted publicly. Martinez's views were to find more lasting influence when espoused by Lutheran less than 50 years later. This printed edition of Jiménez's refutation includes a summary of the case, the bull issued by Sixtus IV confirming the condemnation, and the author's recantation. HR 16243; BMC X, 68 (IB. 53503); Haebler(BI) 712; Bod.-Inc. X-007; Goff X-21.
Chancery 2° (286 x 204mm). Collation: \Kp\k
FIRST EDITION AND THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED AT TOLEDO. Juan Vasquez introduced printing to Toledo in 1483/84 with the production of indulgences granted by Sixtus IV to raise funds for crusades against the Moors. The Confutatorium errorum is Vasquez's first book and the first piece of printing naming him as printer; he appears to have been closely associated with Jiménez de Prejano (BMC). Only three presses are known to have operated at Toledo in the 15th century. ALL TOLEDO IMPRINTS ARE RARE ON THE MARKET; only one, an imperfect Missal printed there in 1500, has been sold at auction in over 30 years.
The orthodox Jiménez was appointed by the Archbishop of Toledo (to whom the present work is dedicated) to head the council established to examine the work of a Salamancan professor, Pedro Martinez de Osma, for heresy. Martinez dared question the role of priests and the purchase of indulgences in absolving sin. The council issued its condemnation of the work in May 1479, the book was ordered to be burned, and the author recanted publicly. Martinez's views were to find more lasting influence when espoused by Lutheran less than 50 years later. This printed edition of Jiménez's refutation includes a summary of the case, the bull issued by Sixtus IV confirming the condemnation, and the author's recantation. HR 16243; BMC X, 68 (IB. 53503); Haebler(BI) 712; Bod.-Inc. X-007; Goff X-21.
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