Gregorio di Nazianzo - Selectarum Epistolarum libri quatuor graecolatini - 1602

Gregory of Nazianzus
D. Gregory of Nazianzus, nicknamed The Theologian.
Selected Letters in Four Books
Published separately for the use of eager youth.
With some additional epigrams from the Greek Anthology. Third edition.
By the grace and privilege of His Imperial Majesty, in Ingolstadt.
From the typography of Adam Sartorius. Year 1602.
Pp.333

The volume is a 1602 edition printed in Ingolstadt by the typography of Adam Sartorius. It contains a selection of letters by Gregory of Nazianzus, one of the great Church Fathers of the 4th century, known as 'the Theologian' for the depth of his Christological and Trinitarian reflection. The text is presented in a Greek-Latin version, with the aim of providing a tool for both linguistic and theological study. The work is described as intended 'for the use of studious youth,' thus designed for schools, seminaries, and university environments of the time.
To this collection of letters, some epigrams taken from the Greek Anthology are added, probably chosen to enrich the reader's literary education and to provide an example of classical poetic style. The edition is marked as the third, indicating the volume's good success in humanist and religious circles.
Gregory's letters address spiritual themes, Christian morals, relationships with friends and bishops, reflections on ministry and the ascetic life. The book, in summary, is both a theological, literary, and pedagogical text, designed to introduce young scholars to the Greek language, late antique rhetoric, and the thought of the Church Fathers.

Affiliation, some normal signs of aging, stains. (See photo).