1670 Rare Book - Meditationes by Saint Augustine of Hippo, Anselm & Bernard of Clairvaux

 

Author : Augustine, of Hippo Saint; Henricus Sommalius; Maurrianis; Anselm, Saint Archbishop of Canterbury; Bernard, of Clairvaux Saint.
Title : Meditationes Soliloquia et Manuale Meditationes B Anselmi cum tractatu de humani generis redemptione D. Bernardi Idiotæ viri docti de amore diuino omnia ad mss. exempla emen. & in meliorem ord distributa opera ac studio RP Henrici Sommalii Societatis Iesu theologi.
Language : Text in Latin
Publisher : Rothomagi : Sumptibus et typis Maurrianis, 1670.
Size : 4.5 " X 2.5 "
Pages : 447 pages + index.
Binding : Very good full vellum leather binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed)  under a removable protective mylar cover .
Content : Very good content (tight, some foxing and staining throughout). 
Illustrations : Including a nice illustrated title page

Estimate : (USD 175- USD 350)

The book : Rare and nice 17th century edition of Augustine of Hippo, Saint Anselm & Saint Bernard of Clairvaux's Meditationes.

Including : 

-The Meditations, the Soliloquies, and the Manuel, traditionally attributed to St. Augustine that are the work of medieval compilers who have collected excerpts from several patristic and medieval authors.
-Meditationes, Anselm (saint).
-Tractatus of humanae redemptionis, Anselm (saint).
-Meditationes, Bernard of Clairvaux (saint).
-Contemplationes idiotae by Amore Diuino, Raymond Jordan.

The author : Augustine of Hippo (13 November 354 – 28 August 430) was an early Christian theologian and philosopher from Numidia whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy. He was the bishop of Hippo Regius in north Africa and is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers in Western Christianity for his writings in the Patristic Era. Among his most important works are The City of God, On Christian Doctrine and Confessions.