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11 volume set, bound in 6. Folios. Bound in contemporary full calf, most volumes rebacked. Covers worn, spines cracked at hinges. Rubbing, scraping to covers. Rear board to Volume 10-11 almost detached. Marbled end sheets. Engraved title, printed title in red and black with vignette. Text printed in two columns. Some minor marginal loss to vol. 10. Few pages loose. Armorial bookplate of W. H. Mill, "Clarum Reddidit Industria". Saint Jerome was an Illyrian Latin Christian priest, confessor, theologian and historian, who also became a Doctor of the Church. He was the son of Eusebius, of the city of Stridon, on the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia. He is best known for his translation of the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate), and his commentaries on the Gospel of the Hebrews. His list of works, commentaries and epistles are quite extensive. Contents are: Book I: Epistolas ipsius, in tres partes distinctas, ac Des. Erasmi Roterodami scholiis summa cvra et diligentia explanatas, atqve castigatas complectens., 210p.; Book 2: Epistolarum secundus tomus., 250p.; Book 3: Qui est ultimus librorum epistolarium, 214p.; Book 4: In cujus prima parte reperies erudita quaedam, sed hactenus falso inscripta Hieronymo. In secvnda, aliena sed suis quaeque titulis autorem testantia. In tertia, lectu prorsus indigna, et imprudenter attribvta doctis viris, quae tamen adjunximus, ne quid amputasse videremur editioni jam receptae., 261p.; Book 5: Commentarios in prophetas quos majores vocant, continet., 516p; Book 6: Commentarios in duodecim prophetas, quos minores vocant, juxta utramque translationem continet., 243p.; Book 7, Cui insunt, in parabolas Salomonis commentarii, in ecclesiasten commentarii ; homiliae quatuor in cantica canticorum, origenis nomine. Denique in Job commentarii., 185p.; Book 8: Commentarios in psalterium habet., 178p.; Book 9: Complectens commentarios in Matthaeum et Marcum, et in divi Pauli epistolas: videlicet, ad Galatas, Ephesios, Titum, Philemonem, necnon commentarios in omnes Pauli epistolas, sed incerto autore: postremo Didymi de spiritu sancto librum ab Hieronymo versum., 339p.; Book 10: Volumen additionum primvm., 325p.; Book 11: Volumen additionum secundum. 217p. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Seller Inventory # 1905140004
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