5 volumes bound in 2. [8], 96; 1150; 656; [4], 552; [8], 688; [44], 208 numbered columns. With engraved portrait frontispiece, title pages with large woodcut devices, head and tail pieces, initials throughout. (Folio) 38.5x24 cm (15x9½"), period calf, gilt decorated spines, speckled edges. With the illustrated bookplates of Societatis Verbi Divini, with their inkstamps on title pages, library pockets and cards on rear pastedowns. St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397, became one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures of the 4th century. He was one of the four original Doctors of the Church and served as a mentor to St. Augustine. He is patron saint of Milan.
5 volumes bound in 2. [8], 96; 1150; 656; [4], 552; [8], 688; [44], 208 numbered columns. With engraved portrait frontispiece, title pages with large woodcut devices, head and tail pieces, initials throughout. (Folio) 38.5x24 cm (15x9½"), period calf, gilt decorated spines, speckled edges. With the illustrated bookplates of Societatis Verbi Divini, with their inkstamps on title pages, library pockets and cards on rear pastedowns. St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397, became one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures of the 4th century. He was one of the four original Doctors of the Church and served as a mentor to St. Augustine. He is patron saint of Milan.
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