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(A.M.) [SPANHEIM JUNIOR, F. ]. 't Leven Van Johanna, Paus Van Rome, Onder Den Naam Van Johannes Den Achtsten, Waar in Haar Zonderling Gedragh Uit de Oudtheit Wordt Opgeheldert, de Waarheit Deezer Historie Krachtigh Beweert, En Door de Vermaardste Schryvers Bevestig. [Life of Joan, Pope
Amsterdam, Smets, 1722. 12mo in half-leather boards; [14], 407, [11] p. : ill. ; 17 cm; includes fold-out illus (b/w etching, and at least four other full-page illustrations. Half Calf. . Ex-libris with small bookplate of one J. A. Hoorn, as well as a larger plat e in blue paper to front fep of St. Bernard's Seminary Libray [N.D.]; also a neatly clipped listing from a bookseller catalogue of a description of a 1635 Dutch work of a similar title. Spine leather dry and partially cracked though reinforced with archival glue; boards generally worn; else overall a tight Very Good copy with external wear; leaves crisp and clean. All pages apparently present., Text in Dutch. Translation of: Papa foemina. RARE. "Voorberecht aan den bescheiden en onzydigen lezer" signed: A.M.// Pope Joan, Pope Johanna; Religion, Hisotory, Catholicism, Feminism; Fables, Legends, Propaganda; Biography
Offered for US$ 450.00 by: Calvello Books - Book number: 9377
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