Vindiciae contra tyrannos: sive, De principis in populum, populíque in principem, legitima potestate

Author

Hubert Languet

Title

Vindiciae contra tyrannos: sive, De principis in populum, populíque in principem, legitima potestate

Date

1579

Place

Edimbvrgi [Basileae? {Basel, Switerland)]

Publisher

s. n.

Contributor

Philippe de Mornay

Note

PROVENANCE:

Bottom of inside cover has ownership inscription : Falkner? Benson? Dublin. Verso of first flyleaf has a faded inscription.

INSCRIPTION:

Bottom of inside cover has ownership inscription : Falkner? Benson? Dublin. Verso of first flyleaf has a faded inscription.

BINDING:

Soft Vellum binding has a faded handwritten inscription of title

MARGINALIA:

 printed marginal notes.

OTHER:

Second Copy at Fisher. Attributed also, with equal probability, to Philippe de Mornay 1549-1623, and formerly, to Beza, Hotman, and others. Cf. L.C.

Other Notes: The Imprint is false. Printed in Basel, possibly by T. Guarinus. Running title reads Vindic. cont. tyrann. 

Some ornamented initials

. Inside cover has pencilled notes, including possible indication of price, L32.

FORMAT:

[14], 236, [3] p.

Attributed also, with equal probability, to Philippe de Mornay, and formerly, to Beza, Hotman, and others. Cf. L.C S.T.C. 15211

Library Catalog

https://crrs.ca/rare_books/crrs-rare-book-retrieval-requests/

Num Pages

14

Call Number

JC139 .L36 1579

Item Type

Book

Collection

Early Modern Books

Citation

Hubert Languet, “Vindiciae contra tyrannos: sive, De principis in populum, populíque in principem, legitima potestate,” Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS) Rare Book Collection, accessed June 28, 2025, https://crrs.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/7637.

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