Description:
172 year old. Sale is only for single book pictured, Volume 33 of the set that is 53 volumes in it's entirety.
Partial Leather.Library markings.Inscribed by the previous owner.Discoloration to the pages some heavier age stains/ spots, wear to the cover.Leather spine has gilt titling with 4 raised bands.Age appropriate wear.
From Wikipedia:"Jacques Paul Migne (French: [miɲ]; 25 October 1800 – 24 October 1875) was a French priest who published inexpensive and widely distributed editions of theological works, encyclopedias, and the texts of the Church Fathers, with the goal of providing a universal library for the Catholic priesthood.[1]
The Patrologia Latina and the Patrologia Graeca (along with the Monumenta Germaniae Historica) are among the great 19th century contributions to the scholarship of patristics and the Middle Ages. Within the Roman Catholic Church, Migne's editions put many original texts for the first time into the hands of the priesthood.…Summary of publications
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