Reliquiæ sacræ sive auctorum fere jam perditorum secundi tertiique seculi post Christum natum quæ supersunt. 5-vol. set (Complete)
Oxonii (Oxford): E. Typographeo Academico, 1846-1848 [1869]. 1869 reprint of the second edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 x 6"). xliii, [1], 445, [3]pp, 24pp (1869 catalogue of books printed at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, and published for the University by Macmillan and Co.) (Vol. 1); [4], 512, 24pp (Macmillan catalogue) (Vol. 2); v, [1], 521, [1], 24pp (Macmillan catalogue) (Vol. 3); vii, [1], 528, 24pp (Macmillan catalogue) (Vol. 4); v, [1], 370, 24pp (Macmillan catalogue) (Vol. 5). Uncut. Modern burgundy morocco with gold lettering to spines.
Routh's "Reliquiæ sacræ" is a collection of the fragments of the Fathers of the 2nd and 3rd centuries, and Scriptorum ecclesiasticorum opuscula praecipua quaedam (2nd ed., 1840). The original edition was published in 4 vols. between 1814 and 1818; the first two in 1814, the third in 1815, the fourth in 1818. Routh added a fifth volume in 1848, and brought out a second edition of the first four, the whole in 5 vols. (1846-48). Our set is the 1869 reprint of the second edition.
Contemporary previous owner's manuscript (16pp) tipped in onto front free endpaper of first volume. Ex-library copies with reference sticker at tail of spines, and upper front joints, bookplate on inside of each front board, and pocket on inside of each back cover. Minor and sporadic previous owner's underlining and or annotations in pencil throughout (easily erasable). Minor and sporadic foxing/age-toning throughout. Text in Latin. Bindings in overall very good, interior in good+ to very good condition. g to vg. Item #44737
Price: $475.00