CONTROVERSE 17th century. COUNTER-REFORMATION. PAMPHLET. PAS - Lot 129

CONTROVERSE 17th century. COUNTER-REFORMATION. PAMPHLET. PASTHÉE (sieur de, pseudonym). L'Artifice merveilleux dont se sont servis les Ministres de La R. P. R. to trap Catholics and remove them from the bosom of the Church... A Lyon, chez Louis Muguet, 1636. In-8, [2] f. (title, epistle to readers, approb. dated 1618), 685 pp. (mal chif. 585), [4] ff. (table), handsome grotesque typographical mark on title. Contemporary soft ivory vellum, formerly rebound, smooth spine, title in ink. Extremely rare work. Not listed in the Bnf catalog, nor in the Worldcat. Only 2 copies are listed in the CCFr (Bourg-en-Bresse and Amiens). This may be a new edition - or a reissue - of the work La piperie des ministres, published by the same bookseller in 1618. The supposed author is the Capuchin preacher Marcellin Du Pont de Beauvoisin, known for having taken part in several controversies. Provenance: Capucins de Tournon (handwritten bookplate on title); Paul Couturier de Royas (1853-1934), bibliophile from Dauphiné (bookplate). Light spotting, one gnawed corner on lower cover; browning, light marginal wetness, more extensive at end of vol.