HOSPINIAN, Rudolf (1547-1626). De origine, progressu, usu et abusu templorum, Zurich, 1587 [bound with 2 other works by the same author, dated 1592 and 1593], folio, full contemporary vellum gilt. FIRST EDITIONS.

HOSPINIAN, Rudolf [i.e. Rudolf WIRTH (1547-1626)].  De origine, progressu, usu et abusu templorum, ac rerum omnium ad templa pertinentium. "Tiguri" [i.e. Zurich]: "In officina Froschouiana," 1587, woodcut illustration of the printer's device of a frog on the title [bound with the same author's:]  De origine, progressu, ceremoniis et ritibus festorum dierum Iudaeorum, Græcorum, Romanorum & Turcarum libri tres. Zurich: "Apud Ioannem Wolphium, Typis Frosch.", 1592 [and the same author's:]  Festa Christianorum. Hoc est: De origine, progressu, ceremoniis et ritibus festorum dierum Christianorum liber unus. Zurich: "Apud Ioannem Wolphium, Typis Frosch.", 1593. 3 works bound in one, folio (318 x 205mm). Initials (some light mainly marginal staining and spotting). Contemporary full vellum gilt, later silk ties (head of spine repaired with later vellum, rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: Henry Spelman (1562-1641, antiquary, old signature on the title of the first work). FIRST EDITIONS. The author was a Swiss reformed theologian and controversialist. The first work in the present volume is about the the origin, progress and abuse of temples in the early church; the two further volumes are on ceremonies, festivals and rituals.