Friedrich Nausea - In catholicum Catechismum libri quinque - 1551

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Friderici Nauseae (Friedrich Nausea)
Episcopi Viennensis, invictissimi Caesaris &c. Ferdinandi a sacris studiis & Confiliis, in catholicum Catechismum libri quinque.

1551, Antwerpen, Ioannes Stelsius

Rare edition of an important Catholic reform work: Friedrich Nausea (Navseae Blancicampianus, Bishop of Vienna and theologian of Emperor Ferdinand I) presents in his “In catholicum Catechismum libri quinque” a comprehensive interpretation of the Catholic catechism in five books, designated “universis ecclesiasticis non modo profutura, sed & pernecessaria”. The Latin edition printed in 1551 by Steelius in Antwerp belongs to the early Catholic response to the Reformation and offers a systematic exposition of faith, the sacraments, and pastoral practice for clerics.

17.5x11 cm. 312 pages. Gilded brown full leather binding of the period, somewhat worn. Old note on the front fly leaf. Title slightly browned. Interior overall well preserved. Solid block. A sought-after work of Catholic counter-theology and the catechetical history of the early modern period.