D. Bernardi Doctoris Mellitissimi, Ac Primi Abbatis Claravallensis Coenobis Operum, Quibus Adiecimus Eiusdem Autoris Opuscula, non mius quam caetera omnis, & Aurea, & Divinissima
by Bernardi Claravallensis [Bernard of Clairveaux]
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Venetiis [Venice]: n.p., 1575. Vellum. Very Good. 2 vols. 6 1/2 x 9 inches. Vol. 1: 75 unnumbered leaves + 435 numbered leaves, some misnumbered. Vol. 2: 496 numbered leaves, some misnumbered, some worming to leaves 488 and following, increasing toward end. Many pages with one or more elaborate initial capitals with floral motifs. Title pages with near contemporary ink inscriptions, some marked through. Light dampstaining. Bound in matching full vellum with loss to spine revealing old manuscript liner (Vol. 2) and old library label and ink title to spine (Vol. 1). Some soiling to covers. Each volume with two of four later ties present. Both volumes professionally conserved and preserved in original state. A very good set of this scarce early printing of the sermons of St. Bernard of Clairveaux, the principal builder of the Cistercian Order and the preacher whose sermon at Vezelay prompted the Second Crusade (1146-1149).
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- D. Bernardi Doctoris Mellitissimi, Ac Primi Abbatis Claravallensis Coenobis Operum, Quibus Adiecimus Eiusdem Autoris Opuscula, non mius quam caetera omnis, & Aurea, & Divinissima
- Author
- Bernardi Claravallensis [Bernard of Clairveaux]
- Format/Binding
- Vellum
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- Used - Very Good
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- n.p.
- Place of Publication
- Venetiis [Venice]
- Date Published
- 1575
- Keywords
- Cistercian Clairveaux sermons 16th crusades
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St. Wulfstan's specializes in antiquarian religious books, especially Bibles, Prayer Books, and other texts in the Catholic, Anglican, Episcopal or Presbyterian traditions. We are known for our extensive inventory of liturgical texts (such as the Book of Common Prayer) and related books.The inventory ranges from historically significant and very rare texts to affordable copies of prayer books from the U.S. and Great Britain.
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