Galatina, Pietro Colonna (Petrus Galatinus). De arcanis catholicae veritatis

contra obstinatissimam Judeorum nostrem tempestatis perfidiam: ex Talmud, aliisque hebraicis libris nuper excerptum. Epigramma hebraicum. (Orthona, Gershom Soncino, 1518), 1st ed., 310,(1) lvs, text in Roman, Hebrew and Greek type, title-p. and 12 other pages w. woodcut borders, woodcut initials, cont. vellum w. manuscript title on spine, folio.

Former owner's initials on upper and lower edge of bookblock. Lacks leaf CCCVIII (replaced w. a text leaf from a later edition) and leaf CCCXI, wormholes throughout (also sl. affecting covers), some staining, endpapers renewed. Rare Cabalistic work on the Mystery of the Catholic Truth by Petrus Galatinus (ca. 1464-ca. 1540), Friar Minor, philosopher, theologian, Orientalist and converted Jewish man from Apuleia. Written at the request of the pope, the emperor Maximilian (dedicated to him) and others, it was sharply directed against the Jewish people. Adams C2418; Manzoni 108.