Robertus Bellarminus - Disputationum de Controversiis ... Tomus secundus - 1588

Robertus Bellarminus (Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino)
Disputations on the Controversies of the Christian Faith against heretics of this time
Second volume

Dated 1588
Pagination: 1744 (two-page numbering), collation: A-HH;

Impressive volume of one of the most important works of Counter-Reformation Catholic theology by Robert Bellarmin SJ (1542–1621) — a cardinal, Doctor of the Church, and leading polemicist of the Reformation era. The work focuses on systematic doctrinal discourses aimed at reformational teachings, forming the foundation of Catholic apologetics of the 16th–17th centuries.

A printed copy from Ingolstadt, in the workshop of David Sartorius, with a richly decorated title page (a woodcut with a papal coat of arms and angelic ornamentation) and an elaborate set of imperial and papal printing privileges.

Double-page, continuously numbered work spanning 1,744 pages (according to pagination), covering extensive polemical and source material. Latin text, with typographic layout characteristic of scholarly editions from the late 16th century.

Binding: contemporary era, full leather, spine with prominent bumps and remnants of gilded embossing; the binding is clearly worn, with scuffs, leather losses, and signs of intensive use. The book block is solid; the edges of the pages are naturally patinated.