1562 ST.AUGUSTINE antique HAND TOOLED PIGSKIN BINDING w/ CLASPS 16th CENTURY v.3

Augustine, Aurelius.

AURELII AUGUSTINI HIPPONENSIS EPISCOPI

DE TRINITATE

Tomi Tertius

Lugduni (Lyon), Iacobi Iuntae; 1562


With  woodcut printer's device.


Size 4.5 by 7"  (16.5x10.5cm.)

Blind tooled pigskin over wood panels binding

Intact brass clasps

Very good interior condition,  minor soiling of the binding, visible on the photo

Manuscript title on the spine and front covers

(24, 2 blank), 640 pp


The center panel of the front cover depicting the Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan, the back cover shows the Mercy Seat with God the Father and Christ in his arms, above the Holy Spirit. 

Provenance: from the library of the bibliophile Ferdinand Hoffmann von Grünbühel and Strechau (1540-1607), with his signature and the Memento Mori motto "Zeittlichs Zergankhlich" as well as the year 1581.

Hoffmann came from Styria and was, among other things, the president of Emperor Rudolf's court chambers II., who lent him estates in Moravia.

Hoffmann's heirs then continued to expand the book collection.
In 1664 the collection became the property of Prince Ferdinand von Dietrichstein and thus became part of the famous Dietrichstein-Nikolsburg Library, parts of which were auctioned off in the early 1930s.


Text in Latin

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Augustine of Hippo (Latin: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 354 –  430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa.
His writings influenced the development of Western philosophy and Western Christianity, and he is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers of the Latin Church in the Patristic Period. His many important works include The City of God, On Christian Doctrine, and Confessions.

According to his contemporary, Jerome, Augustine "established anew the ancient Faith".[a] In his youth he was drawn to the eclectic Manichaean faith, and later to the Hellenistic philosophy of Neoplatonism. After his conversion to Christianity and baptism in 386, Augustine developed his own approach to philosophy and theology, accommodating a variety of methods and perspectives.
Believing the grace of Christ was indispensable to human freedom, he helped formulate the doctrine of original sin and made significant contributions to the development of just war theory. When the Western Roman Empire began to disintegrate, Augustine imagined the Church as a spiritual City of God, distinct from the material Earthly City.
The segment of the Church that adhered to the concept of the Trinity as defined by the Council of Nicaea and the Council of Constantinople closely identified with Augustine's On the Trinity.

Augustine is recognized as a saint in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Anglican Communion. He is also a preeminent Catholic Doctor of the Church and the patron of the Augustinians. His memorial is celebrated on 28 August, the day of his death. Augustine is the patron saint of brewers, printers, theologians, and a number of cities and dioceses.
His thoughts profoundly influenced the medieval worldview. Many Protestants, especially Calvinists and Lutherans, consider him one of the theological fathers of the Protestant Reformation due to his teachings on salvation and divine grace.
Protestant Reformers generally, and Martin Luther in particular, held Augustine in preeminence among early Church Fathers.
From 1505 to 1521, Luther was a member of the Order of the Augustinian Eremites.

In the East, his teachings are more disputed, and were notably attacked by John Romanides, but other theologians and figures of the Eastern Orthodox Church have shown significant approbation of his writings, chiefly Georges Florovsky.
The most controversial doctrine associated with him, the filioque, was rejected by the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Other disputed teachings include his views on original sin, the doctrine of grace, and predestination.
Though considered to be mistaken on some points, he is still considered a saint and has influenced some Eastern Church Fathers, most notably Gregory Palamas.
In the Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches, his feast day is celebrated on 15 June.
The historian Diarmaid MacCulloch has written: "Augustine's impact on Western Christian thought can hardly be overstated; only his beloved example, Paul of Tarsus, has been more influential, and Westerners have generally seen Paul through Augustine's eyes."

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