[CRABE (Pierre)]. Conciliorum omnium tam generalium quam par - Lot 41

[CRABE (Pierre)]. Conciliorum omnium tam generalium quam particularium, quae iam inde ab apostolis in hunc vsque diem celebrata, ex vetustissimis diuersarum regionum bibliothecis haberi potuerunt, in tres nunc tomos ob recentem multorum additionem diuisa, tomus primus [-tertius]. Coloniae Agrippinae [Cologne], Jean Quentel, 1551 ; 3 vol. in-folio. 16 ff.-1075 pp. 16 ff.-1182 pp. 20 ff.-1018pp. Marbled basane, ornate ribbed spines, red title-pieces. Scuffing on boards, wormholes on spine, two damaged headpieces. Handwritten bookplate and Latin inscription on title. Two old seals from religious libraries. Beautifully printed with numerous woodcut historiated initials. A collection of texts from councils held since the origins of Christianity, published at the time of the Trent Council in reaction to the Protestant Reformation. It was compiled by Pierre Crabbe, a Franciscan monk born in Malines in 1470 or 1471, who died on August 30, 1554 at the age of 83. After researching nearly five hundred libraries, he published the first two volumes in Cologne in 1538; augmented by a third volume in 1551, for which he was assisted by Graës; a fourth volume appeared in Cologne in 1567. "His edition of the councils is the first to merit the name of edition: the documents are arranged chronologically; they are preceded by a notice of the popes who promulgated them, accompanied by variants and followed by historical and critical notes". (Dictionnaire de Théologie chrétienne col. 2010 - SALMON, Traité de l'étude des conciles, Paris, 1726, p. 291).