Aretinus, Thomas

Tractatus de martyrio sanctorum

[Basel, Switzerland: Jacobus Wolff de Pforzheim [also ascribed to Johannes Amerbach], 1492]. 8vo, (leaf 20.0 cm), [58] leaves (complete), including the final blank; collating: a-e⁸ f-h⁶; floriated woodcut initial on a2r, capital spaces with guide letters; minor worming; bound into early 20th-century blue paper wrappers. Early ownership signatures at top of a1r and a2r. Quoting extensively from the Qur'an Aretinus's Tractatus is essentially a guide for Christians to proselytize to Muslims. BMC III, p. 776; Goff; M-331; GW 1M21464; ISTC im00331000. Item #73507

Price: $3,500.00