Praeadamiten, of Oeffening over het [...] vers des vijden Capittels van den Brief des Apostels Pauli tot den Romeynen. Waer door geleert wort: datter menschen voor Adam geweest zijn.

12mo: [8]-508 pp. (as often lacking quire Z).

Contemp. overl. vellum, flat spine titled in ink. Very good copy.

Dutch trsl. of "Praeadamitae" (1655), in which La Peyrère (1596-1676) asserted that there were human beings before Adam. His approach to Biblical scholarship argued that the Bible was just the story of the Jewish people, not all of humanity. His book and "heretical" views were quickly banned. Folding engraved map of the Holy Land. STCN mentions 11 copies of this book, of which only 2 contain quire Z (= pp. 509-516, "Aan alle vergaderingen der Joden [...] en houdt moet en voorspoed"), that was later added. Of these 2 copies, only 1 has the map present.
Ref. STCN 862672988 (many incompl. copies).
Bound with: Eusebius Romanus [= Philippe Le Prieur] - Opmerkingen over ‘t Boek der Praeadamiten [...]. S.l., s.n., 1661. 12mo: [12]-96 pp. Critical reaction by Le Prieur (d. 1680). Printed in gothic type. Ref. STCN 862673135.
Prov. Bob Luza (1894-1980), i.e. the Amsterdam physician (mod. bookpl. "B L").