Pierre Coustant - Epistolae Romanorum Pontificum, et Quae ad
Pierre Coustant - Epistolae Romanorum Pontificum, et Quae ad Eos Scriptae Sunt AS. Clemente I. usque ad Innocentium III.: Quotquot Reperiri Potuerunt seu Novae(..),. - Paris, st edition, tome I (= everything published) - (12), CL, () pp. - contemporary leather binding with gilt print - folio, cmCondition: Good. Wear and damage to binding, some tears on the spine. Ex-libris in old handwriting, text in old handwriting in top margin of title page. Slight foxing, but the interior is overall in very good condition.Will be sent by registered mail.Pierre Coustant () was a French Benedictine scholar, of the Congregation of Saint-Maur.Coustant was entrusted by his superiors with the editing of a complete collection of the letters of the popes from Clement I to Innocent III (c. ).After devoting more than twenty years to this undertaking, Coustant was able to publish the first volume in . It contains the letters from the year 67 to the year 440, and is entitled Epistolae Romanorum Pontificum... (Paris ).The letters of each pope are preceded by a historical introduction and furnished with copious notes, while the spurious letters are collected in the appendix. Coustant had gathered a large amount of material for succeeding volumes, but he died the same year in which the first volume was published. Read More