Search Results: Titles starting with U from Bruce McKittrick Rare Books

Paris: Ulrich Gering and Berthold Rembolt, 1495. Late 17th- or early 18th-century mottled calf (worn, slightly wormed, crown repaired), spine and label gilt, edges sprinkled red.             The Moralia brings Christian mysticism, asceticism, dogma and allegory to bear on the story of Job's suffering. Pope Gregory marshaled Scripture alone to compose this massive commentary, which bridged the ancient and medieval worlds and remained a preeminent guide to moral theology through the Enlightenment.            Gering and Rembolt reshaped this encyclopedic commentary for young scholars and busy clerics keen on ready-reference by adding two apparatuses. The first of their innovative indices provides access to all the Bible verses referenced or quoted in Gregory's commentary - some 1500 entries in all. The second is topical, with over 300 entries on the natural world - animals, serpents, metals, herbs, woods, stars, human body parts, precious gems, wind, rivers, shadow, etc. - and on man-made… Read More