Author: Goldstone, Lawrence / Goldstone, Nancy
Title: Out of the Flames. The Remarkable Story of a Fearless Scholar, a Fatal Heresy, and One of the Rarest Books in the World.
Description: Broadway Books, New York 2002, 353pp. Hardcover with dustjacket. In very good condition. Presents an intriguing study of the life and times of Michael Servetus, a freethinking sixteenth-century scientist and theologian, who is credited with discovering human circulation and who authored the Christianismi Restitutio, a work of biblical scholarship that refuted orthodox Christianity and a book that led to Servetus's condemnation and execution for heresy. Fascinating story of Michael Servetus, both a scientist (discovered blood circulation) and a religious free thinker, who was burned at the stake with the last known copy of his scholarly work, the Christianismi Restitutio. However, three copies are known to have survived his execution. The authors trace those three copies through the centuries.
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Title: Out of the Flames. The Remarkable Story of a Fearless Scholar, a Fatal Heresy, and One of the Rarest Books in the World.
Description: Broadway Books, New York 2002, 353pp. Hardcover with dustjacket. In very good condition. Presents an intriguing study of the life and times of Michael Servetus, a freethinking sixteenth-century scientist and theologian, who is credited with discovering human circulation and who authored the Christianismi Restitutio, a work of biblical scholarship that refuted orthodox Christianity and a book that led to Servetus's condemnation and execution for heresy. Fascinating story of Michael Servetus, both a scientist (discovered blood circulation) and a religious free thinker, who was burned at the stake with the last known copy of his scholarly work, the Christianismi Restitutio. However, three copies are known to have survived his execution. The authors trace those three copies through the centuries.
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Price: EUR 10.00 = appr. US$ 10.87 Seller: Boekhandel-Antiquariaat Emile Kerssemakers
- Book number: 59297
- Book number: 59297