Pious breathings. . Being the meditations of St. Augustine, his treatise of the love of God, soliloquies, and manual. To which are added, select contemplations from St. Anselm and St. Bernard. Made English by Geo. Stanhope, ...
Saint Anselm (1033-1109) Archbishop of Canterbury
Category
Books
Date
1704
Materials
Measurements
200 x 127 x 33 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Townend, Cumbria
NT 3075723
Summary
Bibliographic description
[10],414p., [4] leaves of plates . ill.. . 8vo.. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front pastedown: "bot at London B: Browne 27. March 1733. Easter Tuesday Đ.25" [i.e. Benjamin Browne, 1692-1748].. Binding: 18th century sprinkled calf binding, with gilt fillet and roll pattern border; board edges have gilt roll decoration; spine has gilt stamp decoration in panels. Autograph "B: Browne" scratched into leather on upper board.
Makers and roles
Saint Anselm (1033-1109) Archbishop of Canterbury Saint Augustine, (354-430 AD) Bishop of Hippo Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)