RELIGIOSA] - Lot 9

RELIGIOSA] DAVID; MAROT (Clément); DE BEZE (Theodore); CALVIN (Jean)] Reunion of three seminal texts: Pseaumes octantetrois de David, mis en rime françoise. A savoir, quarante-neuf par Clément Marot, avec le cantique de Simeon, & les dix commandements, Et trente-quatre de Théodore de Beze, de Vezelay en Bourgogne, Geneve, Jean Crespin, 1551, relié avec La forme des prières, ecclésiastiques avec la manière d'administrer les sacrements et célébrer le mariage, et la visitatin des malades, 1551. Following: Le catéchisme, c'est à dire le formulaire d'instruire les enfans en la chrétienté , fait en manière de dialogue, 1551 A small in-8 volume in full black leather containing : (14), 288 pages, (16) ; (63) ; 133 pages (12) Rare edition of the Geneva Psalter, a collection of eighty-three religious poems attributed to King David, whose translations were versified in French by Clément Marot (1496-1544) and Théodore de Bèze (1519-1605). Intended to be sung, these prayers were intended to unite Protestants and strengthen their identity. Bound at the end is an edition of the form of the prayers by Calvin (1509-1564), first published in 1542; and an edition of the catechism, also published in 154, and differing in form from its first writing in 1547, which was too difficult for children. This catechism, known as the Geneva Catechism, takes the form of a dialogue and a succession of questions and answers, simplifying the doctrinal complexities. Pen-and-ink bookplate. Cover rubbed, corners dulled, gilt faded. Mottling.