De Bibliothecis et Catenis Patrum, Variisque veterum Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum collectionibus.Tractatus [with] Notitia Scriptorum SS. Patrum aliorumque veteris ecclesiae monumentorum. (Bibliography of the writings of the Church Fathers)

Ittig, Thomas (Ittigius, Ittigii) and John (Joannis) Goulter Dowling

Published by Lipsiae (Leipzig): Sumptib. Haered. Friderici Lankisii, 1707 [and] Oxonii (Oxford): E Typographeo Academico (Oxford University Press), 1839

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Two volumes. ORIGINAL EDITIONS OF THESE TWO WORKS, WHICH TOGETHER FORM THE ONLY RELIABLE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF THE CHURCH FATHERS. Ittig: [8], clxii, 802, [82] pp, with engraved frontispiece and title-page printed in red and black. Dowling: xv, 282 pp plus publisher's catalogue (32 pp) bound in at end. Ittig covers every edition of the works of the Church Fathers published until 1700; Dowling continues down to 1838. All editions are described in great detail, with their complete contents specified. Both volumes fully indexed. Ittig: 8vo, bound in contemporary vellum, lightly soiled, internally fine. Dowling: Large 8vo, uncut in publisher's boards with paper spine label, spine label lightly worn, else FINE AND BRIGHT. Graesse III, 439: "Ouvrage tres important." A monumental work, and very rare. Seller Inventory # 2679

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Title: De Bibliothecis et Catenis Patrum, Variisque...

Publisher: Lipsiae (Leipzig): Sumptib. Haered. Friderici Lankisii, 1707 [and] Oxonii (Oxford): E Typographeo Academico (Oxford University Press), 1839

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition