Sulpiti Severi Opera Omnia quae extant…
SULPICIUS, Severus.
Sulpiti Severi Opera Omnia quae extant…
Leiden: Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1643
12mo. (132 x 75 mm). Engraved title. Small faint dampstain to lower margin at gutter, growing fainter throughout and not touching text, a little light occasional spotting. Contemporary vellum over paper boards, lower corners and head and foot of spine a little bumped, titled neatly in ink in an 18th century hand to spine. A very good, tall copy. Provenance: 17th century ink ownership inscription to ffep ‘H. Cookesey’, with purchase price ‘2:0’, slightly later ownership inscription of Edw[in] Sandys, eighth Baron Sandys (died before 1700), and ex dono ‘Given me by H. Cookesey’ to ffep.
Sulpicius was born in modern-day France and was an early historian of the Church; he is known particularly for his life of St Martin of Tours, who was both philosopher and seer, and of whom he was a follower. Martin was born in modern-day Hungary, but converted to Christianity at an early age. He clearly had charisma, because he persuaded Sulpicius to abandon his prospering legal career for a life of poverty and contemplation of God. His works are the best representation of the thinking of Martin, then one of the foremost clerics in France. Later in life, Sulpicius was influenced by Pelagius, a non-orthodox thinker, but later repented. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Church.
This is the second Elzevier edition, the first having appeared in 1635.
W 560; B 1525; R 552; Copinger 4329.
SULPICIUS, Severus.
Sulpiti Severi Opera Omnia quae extant…
Leiden: Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1643
12mo. (132 x 75 mm). Engraved title. Small faint dampstain to lower margin at gutter, growing fainter throughout and not touching text, a little light occasional spotting. Contemporary vellum over paper boards, lower corners and head and foot of spine a little bumped, titled neatly in ink in an 18th century hand to spine. A very good, tall copy. Provenance: 17th century ink ownership inscription to ffep ‘H. Cookesey’, with purchase price ‘2:0’, slightly later ownership inscription of Edw[in] Sandys, eighth Baron Sandys (died before 1700), and ex dono ‘Given me by H. Cookesey’ to ffep.
Sulpicius was born in modern-day France and was an early historian of the Church; he is known particularly for his life of St Martin of Tours, who was both philosopher and seer, and of whom he was a follower. Martin was born in modern-day Hungary, but converted to Christianity at an early age. He clearly had charisma, because he persuaded Sulpicius to abandon his prospering legal career for a life of poverty and contemplation of God. His works are the best representation of the thinking of Martin, then one of the foremost clerics in France. Later in life, Sulpicius was influenced by Pelagius, a non-orthodox thinker, but later repented. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Church.
This is the second Elzevier edition, the first having appeared in 1635.
W 560; B 1525; R 552; Copinger 4329.
SULPICIUS, Severus.
Sulpiti Severi Opera Omnia quae extant…
Leiden: Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1643
12mo. (132 x 75 mm). Engraved title. Small faint dampstain to lower margin at gutter, growing fainter throughout and not touching text, a little light occasional spotting. Contemporary vellum over paper boards, lower corners and head and foot of spine a little bumped, titled neatly in ink in an 18th century hand to spine. A very good, tall copy. Provenance: 17th century ink ownership inscription to ffep ‘H. Cookesey’, with purchase price ‘2:0’, slightly later ownership inscription of Edw[in] Sandys, eighth Baron Sandys (died before 1700), and ex dono ‘Given me by H. Cookesey’ to ffep.
Sulpicius was born in modern-day France and was an early historian of the Church; he is known particularly for his life of St Martin of Tours, who was both philosopher and seer, and of whom he was a follower. Martin was born in modern-day Hungary, but converted to Christianity at an early age. He clearly had charisma, because he persuaded Sulpicius to abandon his prospering legal career for a life of poverty and contemplation of God. His works are the best representation of the thinking of Martin, then one of the foremost clerics in France. Later in life, Sulpicius was influenced by Pelagius, a non-orthodox thinker, but later repented. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Church.
This is the second Elzevier edition, the first having appeared in 1635.
W 560; B 1525; R 552; Copinger 4329.