Acta Sanctorum Quotquot Toto Orbe Coluntur Vel a Catholicis Scriptoribus Celebrantur, Quae Ex Antiquis Monumentis Latinos, Graecis, Aliarumque Gentium Collegit, Digessit, Notis Illustrauirt Ioannes Bollandus Societatis Iesu Theologus by Godfrey Henschen, Johannes Bolland, Ioannem Meursium, Antwerp, 1643, 1121pp, 3/4 leather, 9 x 14”, fo
Poor condition/as is. Wear to front and rear boards. Tips are bumped and edges are scuffed. Boards are attached to binding by sparse cording. Spine is completely lacking, but a piece of the spine is included; the included piece shows the fully-legible title. Stamp for Bibliotheca Coll. Cong. SS. Reo, North East, PA on half title page. Fully illustrated title page. Toning, age-staining, foxing, and tea-staining throughout textblock. Binding is fragile. Please see photos and ask any questions prior to purchase.
Acta Sanctorum (Acts of the Saints) is an encyclopedic text in 68 folio volumes of documents examining the lives of Christian saints, in essence a critical hagiography, organized by the saints’ feast days. The project was conceived and begun by the Jesuit Heribert Rosweyde. After his death in 1629, the Jesuit scholar Jean Bolland continued the work, which was gradually finished over the centuries by the Bollandists, who continue to edit and publish the Acta Sanctorum.
Please note that this listing is for volume I only.
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