SERVETUS, Michael (1511-1553). "De trinitatis erroribus libri VII." -- "Dialogorum de trinitate libri duo." Manuscript copies on paper, 18th century. 149 x 90 mm. 120 leaves and 48 leaves. Modern morocco gilt. Provenance : 19th-century notes on final leaf. MANUSCRIPT COPIES OF THE EARLIEST WORKS BY THE DISCOVERER OF LESSER CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD. "Published when he was only twenty, Servetus... cited many authors and pitted their views against the Bible in its original Greek and Hebrew texts. Thus he was able to show the discrepancy between later Scholastic theories and the original Biblical statements on the Trinity. Servetus denied the doctrine of the three equal persons in Godhead and brought himself the condemnation of both Catholics and Protestants" (DSB). Amidst his theological writings was a major medical revelation, buried in a work of immense theological weight: in his 1553 Christianismi restitutio he was the first to announce the discovery of the lesser circulation of the blood and noted that blood passed through the lungs for oxygenation. It was the theological aspect of Servetus's work, however, challenging major tenets of Christianity, which upset Catholics and Protestants alike. After Servetus's trial under John Calvin's watchful eye in Geneva, Servetus, who for years after the publication of De trinitate erroribus had concealed his true identity and practised as a doctor (and translated the Bible and Ptolemy) in France, was ordered burned at the stake along with all copies of his books. To date, only three copies of the Christianismi restitutio have been located, all in institutions. Similarly, most copies of his early works were destroyed. Numerous 18th-century printed forgeries and manuscript copies of his De trinitate erroribus were produced to satisfy the demand among Unitarian adherents for the scarce original edition. See Fulton & Stanton 2. [ With: ] ALLWOERDEN, Henricus ab, compiler. Historia Michaelis Serveti Quam praeside Io. Laur. Moshemio . Helmstedt: Buchholtziano, [1728]. 4 o . Engraved frontispiece portrait of Servetus (mounted). Contemporary wrappers, uncut. FIRST EDITION. The famous Lutheran Church historian, Joham Lorenz Mosheim, made the first impartial investigation of the Servetus controversy, and marks a reaction of judgment in favor of Servetus, in two monographs. He had first intrusted his materials to a pupil, Henr. Ab. Allwoerden, who published this work, but as this book was severely criticised by Armand de la Chapelle, the pastor of the French congregation at the Hague. Mosheim wrote his first work chiefly from copies of the acts of the trial of Servetus at Geneva (which are verified by the publication of the original documents in 1844), and his second work from the trial at Vienne, which were furnished to him by a French ecclesiastic. Osler 854; Waller 17756. (2)
SERVETUS, Michael (1511-1553). "De trinitatis erroribus libri VII." -- "Dialogorum de trinitate libri duo." Manuscript copies on paper, 18th century. 149 x 90 mm. 120 leaves and 48 leaves. Modern morocco gilt. Provenance : 19th-century notes on final leaf. MANUSCRIPT COPIES OF THE EARLIEST WORKS BY THE DISCOVERER OF LESSER CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD. "Published when he was only twenty, Servetus... cited many authors and pitted their views against the Bible in its original Greek and Hebrew texts. Thus he was able to show the discrepancy between later Scholastic theories and the original Biblical statements on the Trinity. Servetus denied the doctrine of the three equal persons in Godhead and brought himself the condemnation of both Catholics and Protestants" (DSB). Amidst his theological writings was a major medical revelation, buried in a work of immense theological weight: in his 1553 Christianismi restitutio he was the first to announce the discovery of the lesser circulation of the blood and noted that blood passed through the lungs for oxygenation. It was the theological aspect of Servetus's work, however, challenging major tenets of Christianity, which upset Catholics and Protestants alike. After Servetus's trial under John Calvin's watchful eye in Geneva, Servetus, who for years after the publication of De trinitate erroribus had concealed his true identity and practised as a doctor (and translated the Bible and Ptolemy) in France, was ordered burned at the stake along with all copies of his books. To date, only three copies of the Christianismi restitutio have been located, all in institutions. Similarly, most copies of his early works were destroyed. Numerous 18th-century printed forgeries and manuscript copies of his De trinitate erroribus were produced to satisfy the demand among Unitarian adherents for the scarce original edition. See Fulton & Stanton 2. [ With: ] ALLWOERDEN, Henricus ab, compiler. Historia Michaelis Serveti Quam praeside Io. Laur. Moshemio . Helmstedt: Buchholtziano, [1728]. 4 o . Engraved frontispiece portrait of Servetus (mounted). Contemporary wrappers, uncut. FIRST EDITION. The famous Lutheran Church historian, Joham Lorenz Mosheim, made the first impartial investigation of the Servetus controversy, and marks a reaction of judgment in favor of Servetus, in two monographs. He had first intrusted his materials to a pupil, Henr. Ab. Allwoerden, who published this work, but as this book was severely criticised by Armand de la Chapelle, the pastor of the French congregation at the Hague. Mosheim wrote his first work chiefly from copies of the acts of the trial of Servetus at Geneva (which are verified by the publication of the original documents in 1844), and his second work from the trial at Vienne, which were furnished to him by a French ecclesiastic. Osler 854; Waller 17756. (2)
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