Year/Century: 16th century
Language: Latin
Subject: Religion & Spirituality
Binding: Vellum
Description: Aurelius Augustine. HIPPONENSIS EPISTOLAE AURELII AUGUSTINI EPISTOLAE Iacobi Iuntae, Tomus Secundus Lugduni (Lyon); 1561 Using the woodcut printer's apparatus. Measuring 4.5 by 7" (16.5 by 10.5 cm) Pigskin blind-tooled over wooden panels with intact brass fasteners. Excellent condition, with the exception of slight noticeable staining on the rear cover in the photo. Title in manuscript on the front covers and spine: (32), 1100, (1, 1 blank) pp. The back cover features the Mercy Seat with God the Father holding Christ in his arms above the Holy Spirit, while the center panel of the front cover depicts Jesus being baptized in the Jordan. Origin: from Ferdinand Hoffmann von Grünbühel and Strechau's (1540–1607) library, bearing his autograph and the Memento Mori phrase "Zeittlichs Zergankhlich" along with the year 1581. Hoffmann was a native of Styria and served as president of Emperor Rudolf II's court chambers, where he was granted estates in Moravia. The book collection was thereafter continued to grow by Hoffmann's successors. The collection was acquired by Prince Ferdinand von Dietrichstein in 1664, and as a result, it was included in the renowned Dietrichstein-Nikolsburg Library, some of which were sold at auction in the early 1930s. Latin text.
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