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Andreæ Riveti, pictavi, S.S. theol. doct. & profess. Theologicæ & scholasticæ exercitationes CXC in Genesin : ex publicis ejus prælectionibus in Celeberrima Batavorum Academia, in quibus, præter explicationem difficilium locorum, controversiæ multæ adversus varios errores agitantur: & quæstiones non paucæ ad praxim pertinentes, ventilantur. : præfixum est unicuique exercitationi, brevianum, & subjunctus index materiarum

Rivet, André, 1572-1651, John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) MB (BRL), Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner · 1633 · Lvgdvni Batavorvm : Ex officinâ Bonaventvræ & Abrahami Elzevir, Academiæ Typograph · 8 pictures

A 1633 Latin theological commentary on Genesis by the Huguenot professor André Rivet, printed at Leiden by the Elzevir press for scholars and students of divinity. Its pictures are small woodcut historiated initials with foliage, vases and flowers, plus a few rough engraved landscape views of rivers, hedges and fields, offering a designer dense, decorative letterforms and sparse map-like line work.

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