Author: Pole,Reginald [Reginaldi Poli]
Title: AD HENRICUM OCTAVUM BRITANNIAE REGEM,pro ecclesiasticae unitatis defensione, libri quatuor nunc primum in Catholica Germaniae Academia typis excusi quis et quantus vir hic Polus fuerit, lectorem, verbis Pauli Manutii praefatio docebit.
Description: Ingolstad, David Sartori 2nd edition 1587 woodcut printer's mark to title of King seated ob the globe with the legend "Dominabitur Astris Sapiens" . sm.8vo laced through vellum [bit marked & rubbed] [16p +Titlepage +to the reader +471pp which includes errata. Gift inscription to a religious college by B. Cesar Mayart with shelf number to titlepage. Side notes throughout with all a text except for the side notes and the preliminaries is in a handsome easy to read italic font. The book is clean and tight without any tears, no annotations or marks, all pages clean and tight with good margins. In four parts each beginning with a headpiece and a four line decorative initial and some tailpieces. The author was asked by Henry VIII to look into the way he could divorce Cathrine of Aragon in order to marry Anne Boylyn. Pole, however did not think that Henry could defy the Papal authorities to grant an annulment and he actually had to flee England to escape Henry's wrath. This book finds Pole upholding the Pope's supremacy over the king in deciding against Henry suit.

Keywords: Henry VIII Marriage Popal supremacy devorce Pope


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