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Out of the Flames: The Strange Journey of Michael Servetus and One of the Rarest Books in the World - Hardcover
Michael Servetus is one of history's hidden geniuses. In the mid sixteenth century, at a time when the orthodox church taught a doctrine of predestination, he wrote a book arguing for the reality of human free will. The Christianismi Restitutio was immediately banned by the Inquisition, Servetus went underground and escaped capture until he was betrayed by his friend Calvin. The church tried to destroy every single copy of the book, to eradicate all traces of it from history and after a dramatic escape from jail and on to the rooftops, Servetus was recaptured and burned at the stake with what the church believed was the last copy of the book chained to his leg. The authors tell Servetus's extraordinary story and the story of how just three copies of his book survived to help inspire the leaders of the American and French Revolutions. This is a book about the importance of books for the course of human history, told from the point of view of antiquarian book collectors with an obsessive love of books.
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Rescuing author and book from modern obscurity, the Goldstones recount the engrossing tale of how Michael Servetus came to write his unparalleled compendium of Unitarian heterodoxy and revolutionary human anatomy...[A] fascinating study. --Booklist
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"Rescuing author and book from modern obscurity, the Goldstones recount the engrossing tale of how Michael Servetus came to write his unparalleled compendium of Unitarian heterodoxy and revolutionary human anatomy...[A] fascinating study." --Booklist
Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone are a husband-and-wife writing team who have written three books on their book-collecting pursuits: Used and Rare, Slightly Changed, and Warmly Inscribed. Lawrence Goldstone teaches creative writing at New York University.
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- PublisherCentury
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0712676988
- ISBN 13 9780712676984
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages368
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. It's funny how the Renaissance period was also a time when Michael Servetus (1511-1553) was burned at the stake because his Christianismi Restitutio Which challenged John Calvin's orthodoxy. Previous owner's name at the top the 1st page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [12], 356 pages, indexed, with a page of credits for the illustrations that appear throughout the book reproduced in black-and-white. The book is secondhand, there is no damage to describe of the book, or of its jacket. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Books on Books. ISBN: 0712676988. ISBN/EAN: 9780712676984. Inventory No: 0266558. Seller Inventory # 0266558
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Book Description 1st U.K. edition. 8vo. Prelims. + [356pp.] B/w. portrait frontispiece and illustrations, double page map. Some light browning to margins of pages, in original boards and d/w. The Christianismi Restitutio by Michael Servetus. ISBN 0712676988 US$8. Seller Inventory # 164161
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Book Description Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Type: Book Michael Servetus is one of history's hidden geniuses. In the mid sixteenth century, at a time when the orthodox church taught a doctrine of predestination, he wrote a book arguing for the reality of human free will. The Christianismi Restitutio was immediately banned by the Inquisition, Servetus went underground and escaped capture until he was betrayed by his friend Calvin. The church tried to destroy every single copy of the book, to eradicate all traces of it from history and after a dramatic escape from jail and on to the rooftops, Servetus was recaptured and burned at the stake with what the church believed was the last copy of the book chained to his leg. The authors tell Servetus's extraordinary story and the story of how just three copies of his book survived to help inspire the leaders of the American and French Revolutions. This is a book about the importance of books for the course of human history, told from the point of view of antiquarian book collectors with an obsessive love of books. 353pp. N.B. Slight rubbing to spine edge of inside cover. Seller Inventory # 036738
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