1574 THEODORE BEZA. Fine Autographed Inscription to the Suffering Reformation Protestants of Strasbourg ZZAmericanaandHistory 4 spine bands

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1574 THEODORE BEZA. Fine Autographed Inscription to the Suffering Reformation Protestants of Strasbourg ZZAmericanaandHistory 4 spine bandsA very handsome framed inscription entirely in the hand of French reformer, Theodore Beza [1519 1605]. It reads: Theodore Beza. Written for Argentinus in the year, 1574. LIkely originally appended either on a separate sheet or the fly leaf of a copy of his 1574 work, Right of Magistrates, and sent to the Protestant refugees of Strasbourg [in Latin, Argentinus]. Strasbourg was a city of refuge for persecuted Protestants across Europe, and his Right of