{"product_id":"1718-rare-venetian-edition-meditationes-by-saint-augustine-in-vellum","title":"1718 Rare Venetian Edition – Meditationes by Saint Augustine in Vellum","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"281\" data-end=\"1427\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"281\" data-end=\"292\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Saint Augustine of Hippo. With texts by Saint Anselm, Saint Bernard, and the anonymous \u003cem data-start=\"380\" data-end=\"388\"\u003eIdiotæ\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr data-start=\"389\" data-end=\"392\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"392\" data-end=\"402\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem data-start=\"403\" data-end=\"583\"\u003eDivi Aurelii Augustini Hippon. Episcopi Meditationes, Soliloquia et Manuale. B. Anselmi cum tractatu de humani generis redemptione. D. Bernardi Idiotæ viri docti de amore divino.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"583\" data-end=\"586\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"586\" data-end=\"600\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Venice, Nicolaum Pezzana, 1718.\u003cbr data-start=\"632\" data-end=\"635\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"635\" data-end=\"648\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Text in Latin.\u003cbr data-start=\"663\" data-end=\"666\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"666\" data-end=\"675\"\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.5\" x 2.5\".\u003cbr data-start=\"700\" data-end=\"703\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"703\" data-end=\"713\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 367 pages + Index.\u003cbr data-start=\"736\" data-end=\"739\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"739\" data-end=\"751\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good contemporary full vellum binding with raised bands. Hand-lettered title to spine (faded) (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.\u003cbr data-start=\"975\" data-end=\"978\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"978\" data-end=\"990\"\u003eContent:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown). Complete with engraved title-page depicting Saint Augustine with a crosier and an angel. Early Jesuit editorial dedication by Henricus Sommalius. Index and approbation at the end.\u003cbr data-start=\"1294\" data-end=\"1297\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1297\" data-end=\"1315\"\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/strong\u003e Illustrated with an engraved title-page depicting Saint Augustine with a crosier and an angel (signed by Isabella I.). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1429\" data-end=\"1461\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1429\" data-end=\"1442\"\u003eEstimate:\u003c\/strong\u003e (USD 300 – 350).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1468\" data-end=\"2076\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1468\" data-end=\"1481\"\u003eThe book: \u003c\/strong\u003eA rare Venetian 1718 edition of Saint Augustine’s \u003cem data-start=\"1536\" data-end=\"1550\"\u003eMeditationes\u003c\/em\u003e, accompanied by his \u003cem data-start=\"1571\" data-end=\"1583\"\u003eSoliloquia\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"1588\" data-end=\"1597\"\u003eManuale\u003c\/em\u003e, texts that were central to early modern devotional practice. 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The \u003cem data-start=\"2321\" data-end=\"2335\"\u003eMeditationes\u003c\/em\u003e, though likely compiled posthumously from Augustinian texts, became one of the most widely read books of Christian devotion from the Middle Ages through the Baroque era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2509\" data-end=\"2532\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2509\" data-end=\"2530\"\u003eThe contributors:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"2533\" data-end=\"3001\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2533\" data-end=\"2708\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2535\" data-end=\"2708\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2535\" data-end=\"2578\"\u003eSaint Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109):\u003c\/strong\u003e philosopher and doctor of the Church, remembered for his theological writings and the ontological argument for God’s existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2709\" data-end=\"2847\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2711\" data-end=\"2847\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2711\" data-end=\"2754\"\u003eSaint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153):\u003c\/strong\u003e mystic and reformer, who emphasized the power of divine love and spiritual union with God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2848\" data-end=\"3001\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2850\" data-end=\"3001\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2850\" data-end=\"2885\"\u003eThe “Idiotæ” (or “Simple Man”):\u003c\/strong\u003e an anonymous medieval author of meditations on divine love, often included in Augustinian devotional collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MFLIBRA - Antique Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46820545364217,"sku":null,"price":270.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0953\/3348\/files\/20250907StAugustine-000.jpg?v=1757250200","url":"https:\/\/mflibra.com\/products\/1718-rare-venetian-edition-meditationes-by-saint-augustine-in-vellum","provider":"MFLIBRA - Antique Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}