Author Name: Henricum Spondanum ( Henri De Sponde, Henri Spondanus, Henry Sponde, Henrici Spondani )
Title: Annalium Ecclesiasticorum Eminentiss Cardinalis Caesaris Baronii Continuatio, Ab Anno M. C. XCVII. Quo is Desiit, Ad Finem M. DC. XLVI. Per Henricum Spondanum, Mauleosolensem Appamiarum, in Gallia Narbonnensi Episcopum.
Binding: Tree Calf
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Size: Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall
Publisher: Lugduni (Leiden) Sumptibus Fratrum Anissoniorum, & Ioan Pos 1678
Illustrator: F. Voet/F. Houat
Seller ID: 11680
Printed in Lugduni Lieden in 1678. Huge, Elephant Folio, Size 15.5" x 9.75". Three Volumes bound in Two. Original binding of Brown Tree Calf. Six raised bands to the spine decorated with gilt titles in the second and gilt leaves, flowers and scroll decoration in the other compartments. Page edges speckled red. Title pages printed in red and black in each volume, each with an ornate vignette of 2 trumpeting angels, by F. Houat. Volume I with full page Frontispiece portrait by F. Voet/F. Houat. Condition Very Good plus, the corners and edges of the covers are rubbed, the spine more so, the bands and gilt on the spine are also rubbed, with some chipping and loss of leather at the top and bottom of the spine, the endpapers are a little toned and spotted, a few spots in the margins here and there else the contents are very clean throughout. The text is in Latin, printed in two columns within a border with the commentary in each margin. Volume I contains: Dedication; Preface - Prefatio ad Lectorum 4pp; The Life of Henry Sponde - Henrici Spondani Vita ( by Pierre Frizon ) 19pp; and Volume I itself 917pp; Index Hhh3-Ooo6. Volume II contains: The Second Book of Annalium Ecclesiasticorum 817pp, followed by Annalium Ecclesiasticorum continuationes tomus iii 187pp, followed by index tomi secundi et terti a-l3, summa privilegii. Henri Spondanus (Henri de Sponde) A convert from Calvinism, Bishop of Pamiers, born at Mauléon, in the Basses-Pyrénées 6 January 1568; died at Toulouse 18 May 1643. After studying humanities at the Calvinist college of Orthez, he accompanied the royal ambassador to Scotland and, upon his return, took up the study of jurisprudence. In 1589 he was jurist at the Parliament of Tours. Convinced of the truth of the Catholic religion by the writings of Bellarmine and the instructions of Duperron he became a Catholic 21 Sept. 1595. In 1600 he accompanied Cardinal de Sourdis to Rome where he was ordained a priest on 7 March 1606. Pope Paul V then appointed him reviser of the briefs of the Poenitentiaria. In 1625 he was created Bishop of Pamiers, in which capacity he laboured with great zeal for the preservation of Catholicism and converted numerous Protestants. Owing to ill-health he resigned his diocese in 1639 and retired to Toulouse. His writings are: "Les cimetières sacrés" (Bordeaux, 1596); "Annales ecclesiastici Cæsaris Baronii in Epitomen redacti" (Paris, 1612); "Annales sacri a mundi creatione ad ejusdem redemptionem" (Paris, 1637), an epitome of the "Annals" of Tornielle; "Annalium Baronii continuatio ab a. 1197 quo is desinit ad a. 1622" (Paris, 1639). This work is Sponde's continuation of The Venerable Baronius Caesar's master work "Annales ecclesiastici a Christi nato ad annum 1198" ( The History of The Church from The Nativity until the Year 1198) Baronius Caesar (1538-1607), Italian ecclesiastical historian, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He went to Rome c.1557 and soon came under the tutelage of St. Philip Neri. His chief work, the Annales ecclesiastici a Christi nato ad annum 1198 (1588-1607) (Ecclesiastical Annals from the Nativity to the year 1198) was a response to the Lutheran, Historia Ecclesiae Christi (1559-74) (History of the Church of Christ). As Vatican librarian, Baronius had access to the sources in the archives. His use of this material and his inclusion of many previously unpublished sources accounts for the completeness and usefulness of the Annales. Its accuracy has been questioned by Protestant critics. Baronius was a strong defender of the Papacy and was largely responsible for the Roman martyrology. He became superior of the Oratory (1593) on St. Philip Neri's death, a cardinal (1596), and was confessor to Pope Clement VIII. From the Library of the personal collection of renowned antiquary and eccentricities collector and dealer Keith Skeel.
The History of the Church Venerable Cardinal Baronius Caesar Continued from 1197 and Ending 1646 By Henry of Sponde
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