Books by saint aurelius augustine of (3 items)

Paris: Lutetiae Parisiorum : Sumptibus Sebastiani Hure, 1649. Editio tertia . Hardcover. Good. Two volumes, bound in one. Folio, 38 cm. Bound in tooled, contemporary, rolled pigskin over wooden boards. Small chip off spine leather. Remnants of the metal clasps at cover edge. All edges dyed red. Text printed in double columns. Title page printed in red and black, with engraved vignette. [86], 596, [1], 604, [79]. Old dampstain at top of front cover; marginal for first few pages, then progressively ending. Engraved monastic bookplate, Sancta Crucis Augustae Vitalis Praepositus.

Venetis, 1538, 1539 and 1541: Bernardino Stagnino (1483-1538) and Bartholomæi de Zanettis Casterzagensis (printer). Small Octavo. A remarkable volume on Augustine’s works on predestination and Pelagianism [primarily used in opposition to Luther’s works] bound together as a sammelband. Most have been printed by Bernardino Stagnino (1483-1538). This volume was once from the library of William Snelling Hadaway (1872-1941) who likely acquired them when he and his then wife left for Italy in 1894. The rarity of these works is that most exist in less than two or three copies but based upon an examination in OCLC are not usually bound together. The six works of St. Augustine and three of Prosper Opusula relate to grace, free will and predestination. Stagino’s full name was Bernardino Giolito de Ferrarei and he published in his career 193 editions calling himself a libnorum mercator (a businessman). Although he published books of devotion and literature before 1500, he later began to supply serious… Read more

Venice, [Bonetus Locatellus] for Octavianus Scotus, 18th February (duodedcimo Kalendae Martiae), 1489 / 90.. EX LIBRARY COPY FROM ST. AUGUSTINE'S ABBEY, THEIR BOOKPLATE TO FIRST PASTEDOWN, NO OTHER LIBRARY MARKS,1489, LATIN TEXT, Commentaries by Thomas Waleys and Nicholas Trivet. 4to in 8s, approximately 280 x 210 mm, 11 x 8 inches, 2 line printed title to first and last pages, woodcut to verso A1, divided into 2 scenes, portrait of Saint Augustine writing at his desk above an image of the warring cities of angels on one side and demons on the other, with Cain and Abel looking on, 264 unnumbered leaves, collation: A-R8, s6, t-z8, AA-EE8, FF-HH6. Double columns, 51 lines of text, 65 lines of commentary to a page, black letter, printer's device on last page of Registrum, woodcut has some red highlights, signatures A-R4 have red rubrication, rebound at sometime in quarter calf, gilt lettered black label and gilt decoration to spine, black paper covered boards. Spine slightly rubbed, boards have some pale… Read more