1574 THEODORE BEZA. Fine Autographed Inscription to the Suffering Reformation Protestants of Strasbourg ZZAmericanaandHistory engraved by Annin & Smith

engraved by Annin & Smith

1st edition thus

letter from J

A wonderful snapshot of mid-19th century Christian pedagogy and ideals

1574 THEODORE BEZA. Fine Autographed Inscription to the Suffering Reformation Protestants of Strasbourg ZZAmericanaandHistory engraved by Annin & SmithA 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