Epistolarum theologicarum Theodori Bezae Vezelij, liber unus. Secunda editio, ab ipso auctore [...].

Genève, Eustache Vignon, 1575. 8vo. (8) 670 [= 370] (21) pp. Contemporary limp vellum. Gardy 297; Chaix-Dufour-Moeckli 83; Adams B 913. Second edition of Beza's correspondence, a collection of 84 letters variously dated from 1556 to 1572 (or undated) and first published in 1573. Of the 84 letters in this volume, about 15 deal with Central Europe and the general issue of Antitrinitarianism. The situation in France is perhaps Beza's main concern with the Ubiquitarian issue being a close second. Many of the letters deal with the issue of discipline, administration of the sacraments, and the nature of Anglicanism, which departs from Calvinism in its church organisation. The situation of the French religious refugees in Geneva, justification, sanctification, and Christology also make frequent appearances. The correspondents come from Germany, France, England, Poland, Transylvania, the Netherlands, and various parts of Switzerland (but mainly Zurich). Beza's 'Epistolae theologicae' are an important source for the study of Calvinism in the latter half of the sixteenth century in its European context and an inexhaustible fount of knowledge about politics, education, and culture for that period. - Binding expertly restored, new endpapers, lower corner of first leaves frayed, contemporary owner's inscription on title page, old pen underlinings and marginal annotations, and some staining.