Historia, de vitis Romanorum Pontificum ab. Petro Apostolo usque ad Nicolaum I [Liber Pontificalis]

Anastasii, S.R.E. Bibliothecarii; [Anastasius Bibliothecarius; Johannes Busaeus, ed.]

Verlag: Ioannis Albini [Iohannem Albinum], 1602

Beschreibung

[xxxvi], 352, [14] pp.; small 4to, early brown calf, six raised bands, gilt decoration in compartments. Title page printed in red and black, with the large engraved device of the Jesuits ("IHS") and the motto "LAUDABILE NOMEN DOMINI" from Psalm 113:3 ("the name of the Lord is to be praised"); printer's device on colophon. The first printed edition of this compilation of biographies on the lives of the popes, beginning with Saint Peter. Manuscript versions, known as the Liber Pontificalis, were first produced in the fifth or sixth century and some have been attributed to the papal librarian Anastasius bibliothecarius (though there are differing views that ascribe parts of the work to, i.a., Saint Jerome, and from there the author attribution trail gets rather complicated). This edition rare, with only one copy recorded in WorldCat (at the BSB in Munich). A good copy, with some early notations on front flyleaf and title page (with a few small remnants of paper tape covering ink notations); pages partially browned but in otherwise clean, very good condition; covers worn; front board detached; loss of about an inch at the top of backstrip. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2044

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Historia, de vitis Romanorum Pontificum ab. ...

Verlag: Ioannis Albini [Iohannem Albinum]

Erscheinungsdatum: 1602

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Auflage: 1st Edition