Pseudonym Liberius de Sancto Amore (Jean le Clerc)...

First edition of this critical theological work written under the pseudonym Liberius de Sancto Amore (Free Man of Holy Love) by the influential Dutch scholar Jean Le Clerc (swiss). Published with a fictional imprint (Irenopolis, City of Peace), this sharp polemical text is dedicated to correcting and exposing various scholastic errors and traditional dogmatic systems. 12mo. Title page with woodcut device (Ex trunco veteri novv sramvs), imprint details citing Irenopoli (City of Peace) and Typis Philalethianis (Leiden/Amsterdam clandestine or tolerant printing context). With the historical oval ink library stamp of the United Mennonite Congregation in Amsterdam (Bibliotheek der Vereen. Doopsgesch. Gemeente te Amsterdam) on the title page.

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