Annotationes in Libros Evangeliorum

Hugo Groitus

Published by Apud & Cornelium, Amsterdam, 1641

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A fascinating study of the Bible, looking through a critical philological lens by Hugh Grotius. In Latin.Hugh Grotius' 'Annotations', in which he applies philological criticism to the text of the Bible whilst contemporaneously moderating them with the assertion that (as in law) convention plays an enormously important role in theology, such that correct interpretation of the scriptures requires respect for the Church's traditions.Title page has been laid down. Lacking endpapers and portrait leaf.Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) was a prodigious Dutch lawyer. He entered University at Leyden at 12; and was appointed Historian of the States General at 18, and Advocate Fiscal at 24. He travelled to England in a diplomatic capacity in 1613, before becoming Pensionary of Rotterdam. His Arminian theology and attempts to facilitate peace between theologically-opposed factions earned him a life sentence in 1618; although he escaped to Paris in 1621. He attempted to return to Holland in 1631, but was banished and settled in Sweden. In 1635 he returned to Paris in an ambassadorial capacity for the Kingdom of Sweden. He was killed in a shipwreck on a voyage home in 1645.Bookplate of Professor David Arthur Pailin to the front pastedown. Rebound in a half calf binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, smart with just a few light marks. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean with just a few odd spots.Small wormhole to the tail to the margin of pages 1 to 34 and to the margin of pages 215 to 224. Some pages are a little edgeworn. Light dampstain to a few leaves. Closed tear to page 209. Very Good. Seller Inventory # 743P35

Bibliographic Details

Title: Annotationes in Libros Evangeliorum

Publisher: Apud & Cornelium, Amsterdam

Publication Date: 1641

Binding: Leather

Illustrator: None

Condition: Very Good

Book Type: book