Jacob Merlo Horstius - Septem tvbae sacerdotales sive selecti septem S.S. patrvm tractatvs - 1663

MERLO HORSTIUS (Jacob)

The treatise of the seven priests or the selected seven of the Holy Fathers.

Paris, Georgius Solius, 1663

1 volume in-4 (24.5 x 18 cm), granulated brown calf (period binding), decorated spine with nerves, gilded roll on the edges, speckled edges, [16]-628-[45] pages (complete). Worn corners, tear on the headcap, split on the upper hinge, crack in the headbox of the lower hinge, some stains in the margins of pages 553 to 672 (not serious). Acceptable condition.

Jacob Merlo Horstius or Jacques Merler, born in Horst on July 24, 1597, and died in Cologne on April 21, 1644, was a priest of Notre Dame In Pasculo in Cologne and author of numerous ascetic works.

Good specimen.