The History of the Popes from the Close of the Middle Ages: Volume XIX. Gregory XIII. (1572-1585)

Ex library in maroon cloth, 9 x 6 inches, typical library matter bookplate, internal stamps/labels, white label on spine. Card pocket removed from back leaving scuff marks. Ludwig Pastor (1854-1928), born at Aachen, Prussia, educated at the universities of Louvain, Bonn, Berlin, Vienna, and Prague; professor of history at the University of Innsbruck. "The author of the monumental and authoritative History of the Popes from the Close of the Middle Ages (40., tr. 1891-1953), he combined a Roman Catholic bias with the most painstaking scholarship and erudition. He was privileged with access to the secret archives of the Vatican, and his history, largely based on hitherto unused documents, supersedes all previous histories of the Popes. Pastor’s theme is that the shortcomings of the papacy have reflected the flaws of the age." – The Columbia Encyclopedia.