1487 SAINT ST. AUGUSTINE SERMONS INCUNABULA Bible Holy
SERMONS TO THE HERMITS-RUBRICATED IN RED+ORIG VELLUM
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SEE MY OTHER ITEMS OR YOULL BE SORRY! CLICK BELOW, SOME ARE ENDING SOON! http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfrppZ50QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQrdZ0QQsassZtheQ2dword ANCIENT 1487 INCUNABLE MASTERPIECE! ILLUMINATED IN RED & BLUE THROUGHOUT! WITH ITS ORIGINAL VELLUM BINDING! 1487 SAINT AUGUSTINE'S SERMONS TO THE HERMITS Augustine, Saint, of Hippo (354-430 AD). Sermones Sancti Augustini ad Heremitas. [Strasbourg]: Jean Prüss, [not after 1487] Quarto: 200 x 142 mm. A-M 8, N-O6. 1487 Fourth edition. First Strasbourg printing. Bound in full contemporary vellum, pastedowns and flies renewed. Capitals, headlines and text beautifully rubricated in red with occasional marks in blue. Large margins throughout. Edges of textblock speckled blue. Occasional minor corrections and annotations in a contemporary hand. All pages are Clean, Crisp and Fresh! In Near-Mint Condition inside and out! "Augustine is remarkable for what he did and extraordinary for what he wrote. If none of his written works had survived, he would still have been a figure to be reckoned with. However, more than five million words of his writings survive, virtually all displaying the strength and sharpness of his mind and some possessing the rare power to attract and hold the attention of readers in both his day and ours. His distinctive theological style shaped Latin Christianity in a way surpassed only by scripture itself. His work continues to hold contemporary relevance, in part because of his membership in a religious group that was dominant in the West in his time and remains so today. "Almost one-third of St. Augustine's surviving works consists of sermons--more than 1.5 million words, most of them taken down by shorthand scribes as he spoke extemporaneously. They cover a wide range. Many are simple expositions of scripture read aloud at a particular service according to church rules, but Augustine followed certain programs as well. There are sermons on all 150 Psalms, deliberately gathered by him in a separate collection, Enarrationes in Psalmos (392-418; Enarrations on the Psalms). These are perhaps his best work as a homilist, for he finds in the uplifting spiritual poetry of the Hebrews messages that he can apply consistently to his view of austere, hopeful, realistic Christianity; his ordinary congregation in Hippo would have drawn sustenance from them. At a higher intellectual level are his Tractatus in evangelium Iohannis CXXIV (413-418?; Tractates on the Gospel of John), amounting to a full commentary on the most philosophical of the Gospel texts. Other sermons range over much of scripture, but it is worth noting that Augustine had little to say about the prophets of the Old Testament, and what he did have to say about Paul appeared in his written works rather than in his public sermons." (EnBrit) Goff A-1314; BMC I, 125; GW 3002; Hain 1997; Proctor 741; Walsh 194. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND SCARCE, EARLY PRINTING OF THIS MAJOR WORK! EVERYTHING IN THIS ULTRA-RARE 1487 SERMONS OF "SAINT" AUGUSTINE IS IN VERY EXCELLENT NEAR-MINT CONDITION! TERMS: BANK WIRE TRANSFER IS PREFERED AND MANDATORY FOR INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS, OR PAYPAL WITH CONFIRMED ADDRESS, Postal Money Order, Cashiers check or Bank Wire Transfer. No, we DO NOT take Personal Checks, Sorry! INTERNATIONAL BUYERS MUST PAY BY BANK WIRE TRANSFER ONLY! Insurance is available up to $5,000 for Priority Mail and up to $25,000 for Registered Mail in the United States only. All Items must have Insurance paid for by the buyer. All funds must be paid within 7 days. Insurance claims are the responsibility of the buyer and copies of insurance slips will be provided upon request. We are not responsible for lost, stolen or damaged items. All Jewelry, Coins, Electrical Items and Antiques are sold as is. SEE MY OTHER ITEMS OR YOULL BE SORRY! CLICK BELOW, SOME ARE ENDING SOON! http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfrppZ50QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQrdZ0QQsassZtheQ2dword Powered by eBay Turbo ListerThe free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items.
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