Shelfmark
Fh.2.02 - Fh.2.05
Title
Vitæ sanctorum ex probatis authoribus & MSS. codicibus primo quidem per R.P. Fr. Laurentium Surium Carthusianum editæ nunc vero multis Sanctorum vitis auctæ, emendatæ, & notis marginalibus illustratæ.
Varying form of title
Vitae sanctorum ex probatis authoribus & MSS. codicibus
Varying form of title
Other title: De probatis sanctorum vitis
Publication, distribution, etc.
Coloniæ Agrippinæ : Sumptibus Ioannis Kreps & Hermanni Mylij., Anno MDCXVII.-MDCXVIII. [1617-1618]
Physical description
12 pts. in 4 v. : ill. ; 40 cm. (fol.)
Note
Title from engraved general title-page. The work is divided into 12 parts, one for each month of the year. Each has a separate titlepage entitled "De probatis sanctorum vitis quas tam ex MSS. codicibus, quam ex editis authoribus R.P. Fr. Laurentius Surius ... primum edidit, & in duodecim menses distribuit. Ianuarius[-December] ...", with printer's device having motto "Quam bonum et iucundum".
Note
Engraved frontispiece portrait of Surius on verso of half-title which reads "Vitae sanctorum".
Note
Based on "Sanctorum priscorum patrum vitae" by Aloysius Lipomanus (RLIN)
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Binding
17th-century dark brown calf; blind triple fillets to form a border and spine decoration; chain holes; remains of clasps; ms. parchment guards.
Copy-specific note
Previously: Ed.1.04-Ed.1.07, Ec.1.04-Ed.1.07.
Subject
Christian saints Biography Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Krebs, Johann, ? - -1639 printer.
Added entry--name
Mylius, Hermann, 1584 - 1657 printer.
Added entry--place
Germany Cologne.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B35298