1643 Bible Magna Commentariorum Literalium 5 VOL Great Bible Literal Commentaries

The Great Bible [ Biblia Magna ] Commentaries by Jean de la Haye.
This is a Vulgate Bible Commentary – published in five (5) volumes in Paris, 1643; the first three and last two volumes relate respectively to the Old and New Testaments. This Vulgate is the first Latin translation, from the Septuagint, dating from the 4th century. (century of the Edict of Milan) and attributed to Saint Jerome; said translation was the reference for a long time.

Jean de la Haye (1593 – 1661) was a French preacher and Biblical scholar. He held important offices in the Franciscan Order and at the Court of Louis XIII, and is the author or editor of some forty folio volumes and several unpublished manuscripts.  His two major commentaries, which includes this one, were designed principally for the use of priests and preachers.  After every chapter, Haye quotes verbatim the commentaries of  Gagnaeus, Estius, Manuel de Sá, Menochius, and Tirinus 

Authors / Contributors: Jean de La Haye; Jacobus Tirinus; Manuel de Sá; Jean de Gaigny; Giovanni Stefano Menochio; Willem Hessels Van Est; Denis Béchet; Michel Soly; Mathieu Guillemot; Antoine Bertier

All 5 volumes are in good condition. The leather is cracked on the spines, but all spines & boards are intact. All pages seem to be present. There may be a few loose pages, dog ears, small tears, small repairs, foxing, browning, staining, but good for books of this age. Text is crisp and clear.

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Provenance: Holy Family College, Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
and Library of Jos Curr.

Father Joseph Curr (1793 – 29 June 1847) was a Roman Catholic priest and author who was called a “martyr of charity” for his work in Leeds in the typhus epidemic of 1847. He was born in Sheffield on 14 April 1793, baptized by his godfather, Fr Richard Rimmer, at the Catholic Chapel in Norfolk Row on 6 May, and died in Leeds, on 29 June 1847.

He was educated at Crook Hall, County Durham, and later went to the seminary at Ushaw College. After being ordained he was based in Manchester, serving the Catholic missions in Rook Street and Granby Row. During that time he debated with the Protestant Bible Association. He then went to La Trappe in France, later returned to Ushaw, and after that went to Callaly in Northumberland. He also served parishes in Blackburn, Whitby and Sheffield. Leeds was suffering from a shortage of Catholic priests, due to an epidemic, when Curr was chaplain to Bishop Briggs; Curr volunteered to serve there, where he died from typhus.

Father Joseph Curr’s principal works are:
The Instructor’s Assistant
Visits to the Blessed Sacrament and to the Blessed Virgin
Spiritual Retreat (adapted from Bourdaloue
Familiar Instructions in Catholic Faith and Morality

Contains: Old Testament / Apocrypha / New Testament/ Several Commentaries
Dimensions: Approx. 15 3/4 inches in length x 10 inches in width x 2 – 3 inches in depth.
Shipping Weight: Approx. 35.5 pounds.
Title: Biblia Magna Commentariorum Literalium
Format/binding: Board w/ Leather
Books condition: Used Antique – Good – See all photos
Where Published: Paris
Date Published: 1643
Size: LARGE Folio

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