The Book of Bertram or Ratramnus, Monk of corbey, concerning the body and Blood of the Lord in Latine with a New English Translation [De corpore et sanguine Domini]

A reissue with cancel title page of the edition that has ‘Thomas Boomer’ in the imprint. Additionally this version contains William Hopkins lengthy dissertation on Bertram. Eighteenth century calf, rebacked during the nineteenth century, speckled edges. Collates complete as per ESTC 14122, but lacking the final blank [8], CXXV, [3]; 137, [5]. Some early underlining in pen and ink.

Ratramnus was a Benedictine monk during the 800s whose work contradicting the idea of transubstantiation was rediscovered by protestants after the reformation. William Hopkins 1647-1700 was an English clergyman, Canon of Worcester, and antiquary.