[Nuremberg]: In Officina Ioannis Montani and Vlrici Neuberi, 1558. 2 volumes, folio (317 x 203 mm). (Worming throughout second volume, penciled notations throughout, spotting, large section of front free endpaper torn.) Both volumes in contemporary full alum-tawed pigskin over wood with beveled edges and spines in 5 compartments with 4 bands, elaborately blind-tooled with remnants of clasps; second volume similarly bound with metal clasps and metal corner guards, pigskin loose over boards, soiling, lacking five metal corner guards of second volume. Ownership stamp of Neander Library, Rochester Theological Seminary; (signature?) American businessman Roswell S. Burrows. Adams H1207; VD16 H6154.

Jan Hus was a Czech theologian and philosopher who became a key figure in the Bohemian Reformation. In 1415 he was burned at the stake for heresy. His death was ultimately the catalyst for the Hussite Wars, with the Bohemian people moving further away from Church teachings and Pope Martin V issuing a decree authorizing the execution of any of Hus's supporters. Nearly six hundred years later Pope John Paul II issued a formal apology on behalf of the Church for Hus's execution and the cruel manner in which it was carried out.