Monseigneur PASTORINI
Histoire générale de l'Eglise chrétienne
et Durand • Chez Le Boucher|à Rouen • & à Paris 1777|10 x 17 cm|3 volumes reliés
First edition of the French translation, decorated with an unsigned red chalk frontispiece. Translated from English by a Benedictine of the Congregation of St. Maur.
Contemporary full speckled blonde calf binding. Smooth spines decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons, as well as blonde morocco title and volume labels. All edges red. Headcap of second volume very slightly damaged with small loss. Three corners slightly bumped. Two endleaves detached in the first two volumes. Minor marginal wormholes not affecting text in the first volume.
Prophetic and symbolic history of the church based on exegesis and quotations from the Apocalypse of Saint John. Considerations on the seven ages of the Christian church as they appear in the Apocalypse of St. John. The author provides a re-reading of history by interpreting the biblical text: destruction of pagan Rome, etc.
Contemporary full speckled blonde calf binding. Smooth spines decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons, as well as blonde morocco title and volume labels. All edges red. Headcap of second volume very slightly damaged with small loss. Three corners slightly bumped. Two endleaves detached in the first two volumes. Minor marginal wormholes not affecting text in the first volume.
Prophetic and symbolic history of the church based on exegesis and quotations from the Apocalypse of Saint John. Considerations on the seven ages of the Christian church as they appear in the Apocalypse of St. John. The author provides a re-reading of history by interpreting the biblical text: destruction of pagan Rome, etc.
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