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IRENAEUS,SAINT (BISHOP OF LYON ?130-200?)

DIVI IRENAEI GRAECI SCRIPTORIS Episcopi Lugdunensis Libri Quinque Adversus Portentosas Haereses Valentini & aliorum, accuratius quam antehac emendati, additis Graecis quae reperiri potuerunt: opera & diligentia Nicolai Gallasii, S. Theologiae professoris: Una cum eiusdem annotationibus. Additus est etiam index locupletissimus.

Switzerland, either Lausanne or Geneva), Joannem le Preux & Joanne Paruum 1570 . BOUND WITH another Volume by St. Irenaeus DIVI IRENAEI EPISCOPI LUGDUNENSIS ET MARTYRIS, ADVERSUS VALENTINI et similium Gnosticorum Haereses, Libri Quinque .. Paris, Sebastianum Nivellium 1575. Folio new glace calf, faux raised bands, contrasting gilt label & gilt date 1570 (only) to spine (tips slightly rubbed) [20]+408pp +[24pp (=22pp of index and 23&4 being called for blank at end) [32]+383pp (recte 391 as 366-373 appear twice) +(1)+40pp + (50) lacking the last blank. The Swiss titlepage has two corners restored where marginal paper has been torn away but no print is affected and the gutter has some restoration, either partial rehinging or repair, there is also a stamp 1840 with an inked 7 following the ?date. Two pages in the first title are misnumbered and F6 is torn with small marginal loss (1cm) not touching text or side notes. This work was edited by Nicolas des Gallars, who was active c.1520-ca.1580. It has parallel Greek/Latin text in double columns to Part 1 which is Epiphanius, Bishop of Constantia in Cyprus's "Panarion". The Parisian text has a large 5-partite printer's mark to the title of a stork carrying another stork over a city while feeding it. The surrounding roundelles are of classical or biblical scenes. It is edited by Francois Feuardent (or Feu-ardent) and has a final Schola by Jacques de Billy (1535-1581). There is a life of Saint Irenaeus and a dedication to Cardinal Carlo Borbonio at the beginning of the volume (Graesse III/429). All pages, except two as noted, are in nice condition with very light occasional foxing/tanning. An old leaf of manuscript notes is bound in at p357 of the first volume, both have nice decorative initials and head- and tail-pieces, side notes. Text in Latin (except for a part in Greek with parallel translation, see above).

-- Abbey Antiquarian Books

Book number: V68206

GBP 680.00 [Appr.: EURO 813.25 US$ 1072.41 | JP¥ 83286]

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: heresies Gnosticism religion theology

IRENAEUS,SAINT (BISHOP OF LYON ?130-200?)

DIVI IRENAEI EPISCOPI LUGDUNENSIS ET MARTYRIS, ADVERSUS VALENTINI et similium Gnosticorum Haereses, Libri quinque:iam denuò diligenti editorum codicum facta collatione, ... ab innumeris erroribus repurgati, multisque locis & capitibus aucti: annotationibus preterea in singula capita illustrati / studio & opera F. Francisci Feu-ardentij, ... adiecta est ad finem operis recens interpretatio Latina decem & octo priorum capitum libri primi, cum scholiis D. Iacobi Billij.

Paris, Sebastianum Nivellium 1575 . BOUND WITH : Divi Irenaei GRAECI SCRIPTORIS Episcopi Lugdunensis, Libri Quinque Aduersus portentosas haereses Valentini & aliorum, accuratius quam antehac emendati, additis Graecis quae reperiri potuerunt: opera & diligentia Nicolai Gallasii, S. Theologiae professoris: Una cum eiusdem annotationibus. Additus est etiam index locupletissimus. Reliqua sequens pagina indicabit. Switzerland (Lausanne or Geneva?) 1570 Folio new glace calf, faux raised bands, contrasting gilt label & gilt date 1570 (only) to spine (tips slightly rubbed) [32]+383pp (recte 391 as 366-373 appear twice) +(1)+40pp +(50) lacking a last blank & [20]+408pp+[24pp (=22pp of index and 23&4 being called for blank at end). The Parisian work has a large 5-partite printer's mark to the title of a stork carrying another stork over a city while feeding it. The surrounding roundelles are of classical or biblical scenes. It is edited by Francois Feuardent (or Feu-ardent) and has a final Schola by Jacques de Billy (1535-1581). There is a life of Saint Irenaeus and a dedication to Cardinal Carlo Borbonio at the beginning of the volume (Graesse III/429). The Swiss titlepage has two corners restored where marginal paper has been torn away but no print is affected and the gutter has some restoration, either partial rehinging or repair, there is also a stamp 1840 with an inked 7 following the ?date?. Two pages in this title are misnumbered and F6 is torn with small marginal loss (1cm) not touching text or side notes. This work was edited by Nicolas Des Gallars, who was active c.1520-ca.1580. It has parallel Greek/Latin text in double columns to Part 1 which is Epiphanius, Bishop of Constantia in Cyprus's "Panarion". An old leaf of manuscript notes is bound in at p357. Both books have nice decorative initials and head- and tail-pieces, side notes. Text in Latin (except for a part in Greek with parallel translation, see above). All pages, except two as noted, are in nice condition with very light occasional foxing/tanning.

-- Abbey Antiquarian Books

Book number: V68207

GBP 680.00 [Appr.: EURO 813.25 US$ 1072.41 | JP¥ 83286]

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: heresies Gnosticism religion theology

IRENAEUS, SAINT, BISHOP OF LYON

The Third Book of St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, Against Heresies : With Short Notes, and a Glossary / By Henry Deane

Oxford. England : Clarendon Press 1874. 1st Edition. No. of pages: 115. Physical desc.: iv. 115 p. ; 20 cm. Notes: 'A reprint of the Benedictine text of the Third Book of St. Irenaeus against Heresies. of a collation of the text with that contained in the Works of St. Irenaeus edited by W.W. Harvey. for the convenience of students for the Theological School at Oxford. Subjects: Christian heresies - Early church. ca. 30-600.Christian heretics - Early church. ca. 30-600.Gnosticism.Authority - Religious aspects. Tradition (Theology). Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Weight in Kg appr.: 1