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Confutatorium errorum contra claves Ecclesiae nuper editorum. Toledo: Juan Vázquez, 31 July 1486.
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XIMENES DE PREXANO, Petrus (d. 1495)
Confutatorium errorum contra claves Ecclesiae nuper editorum. Toledo: Juan Vázquez, 31 July 1486.
The first book printed at Toledo, and the first edition of a full account of a heretical examination. 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 Jimenez 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. Of the present work, ISTC records 21 copies only, and no copy is in the great repositories of incunabula, the Bavarian State Library and Bibliothèque nationale de France.
The orthodox Jimenez was appointed by the Archbishop of Toledo (to whom this 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 Jimenez's refutation includes a summary of the case, the bull issued by Sixtus IV confirming the condemnation, and the author's recantation. Goff X-21; HR 16243; Haeb(BI) 712; Vindel(A) VI 58: 8; Bod-inc X-007; BMC X 68; GW M51948; ISTC ix00021000.
Chancery folio (286 x 204mm). 133 leaves (of 134, without final blank but with blanks π1.4). Initial spaces, most with guide-letter (small repair in first 9 leaves with some letters 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 in gilt and blind to a medieval Spanish mudejar style with rope-work borders and central arabesque roundel, punched gilt roundels, spine lettered in gilt, gilt edges, cream suede pastedowns. Provenance: a few early annotations (washed) – [Christie’s, 6 June 2007, lot 135].
Confutatorium errorum contra claves Ecclesiae nuper editorum. Toledo: Juan Vázquez, 31 July 1486.
The first book printed at Toledo, and the first edition of a full account of a heretical examination. 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 Jimenez 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. Of the present work, ISTC records 21 copies only, and no copy is in the great repositories of incunabula, the Bavarian State Library and Bibliothèque nationale de France.
The orthodox Jimenez was appointed by the Archbishop of Toledo (to whom this 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 Jimenez's refutation includes a summary of the case, the bull issued by Sixtus IV confirming the condemnation, and the author's recantation. Goff X-21; HR 16243; Haeb(BI) 712; Vindel(A) VI 58: 8; Bod-inc X-007; BMC X 68; GW M51948; ISTC ix00021000.
Chancery folio (286 x 204mm). 133 leaves (of 134, without final blank but with blanks π1.4). Initial spaces, most with guide-letter (small repair in first 9 leaves with some letters 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 in gilt and blind to a medieval Spanish mudejar style with rope-work borders and central arabesque roundel, punched gilt roundels, spine lettered in gilt, gilt edges, cream suede pastedowns. Provenance: a few early annotations (washed) – [Christie’s, 6 June 2007, lot 135].
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