Magnus, Gregor und Gregorius Lot n° 20

Divi gregorii papae, huius nominis primi cognomento magni, omnia, quae extant, opera. 2 tle. in 1 vol. With woodcut printer's mark on title and woodcut book decoration. Antwerp, Birckmann, 1572. 28 sheets, 231 p. (double page), 1 w. Bl., 392 p. (double page), 54 Bll. Fol. Pgt. d. At present with roller-stamp and coating iron lines, i.e. RTitel, 1 (v. 2) Metal clasps (rubbed, bumped and scraped, joints cracked, with flaws). Magnus, Gregor and Gregorius Divi gregorii papae, huius nominis primi cognomento magni, omnia, quae extant, opera. 2 tle. in 1 vol. With woodcut printer's mark on title and woodcut book decoration. Antwerp, Birckmann, 1572. 28 sheets, 231 p. (double page), 1 w. Bl., 392 p. (double page), 54 Bll. Fol. Pgt. d. At present with roller-stamp and coating iron lines, i.e. RTitel, 1 (v. 2) Metal clasps (rubbed, bumped and scraped, joints cracked, with flaws). Gregory the Great (Gregorius, as Pope Gregory I.) (around 540-604 in Rome) was Pope from 590 to 604. He is considered one of the most important popes and is the youngest of the four great Latin Church Fathers of late antiquity. He was canonized in 1295. - Title with hs. monastic property note of 1640, endpaper with label, book block chipped, pages occasionally loosened, pages browned, partly stained. Good overall.