PETAU, Claude ([dates unknown]). Parallela SS. missae et cænæ hæreticæ in Catholico academia Trevirensi publicae disputationi Biblici baccalaureatus causa, proposita, Trier, 1616, 8vo, contemporary vellum. FIRST EDITION. With 5 other books. (6)

PETAU, Claude ([dates unknown]).  Parallela SS. missae et cænæ hæreticæ in Catholico academia Trevirensi publicae disputationi Biblici baccalaureatus causa, proposita à Claudio Petavio Aurelio ... Præside R. P. Johanne Roberti Societatis Jesu S. S. Theologiæ Doct. et Profess. Trier: Excudebat Henricus Bock, 1616 [dedication dated 1615]. 8vo (153 x 95mm). Woodcut initials and ornaments (a few wormholes running throughout, one affecting text, occasional light spotting and staining, a few darker spots). Contemporary vellum, title in old manuscript on spine (some staining). Provenance: old inscription at the foot of the title page. FIRST EDITION. RARE. With 5 other books including Jacobus Faber Stapulensis' [Commentarii in epistolas Catholicas] (Antwerp, 1540 (lacks all before a2 including title, modern calf), Guillaume Durand's Rationale divinorum officiorum (Venice, 1572, contemporary limp vellum, with autograph note on front pastedown stating "Not in B.L. or Adams") and Emanuele Tesauro's Inscriptiones quotquot reperiri potuerunt opera et diligentia (Turin, 1666, contemporary calf). The lot sold not subject to return. (6)