Rodolphi Hospiniani De festis Ivdæorvm et ethnicorvm: hoc est de origine, progressv, ceremoniis & ritibvs festorvm apud Ivdæos, Græcos, Romanos. Tvrcas & Indianos, libri tres

1674 HUGE FOLIO Hospinian De Festis Jewish Roman Greek Turkish Indians Rituals

Rudolf Hospinian's 'De Festis' is a rare 17th-century compendium of religious feast days and holidays. He covers Christian and Jewish ceremonies, festivals, and rituals, discusses how they have been influenced by Greek, Roman, and Turkish tradition. Hospinian also covers how the ecclesiastical calendar developed out of these feasts and celebrations.

Printed in three parts, this book is notably rare. In fact, no other known copies of this work are found for sale elsewhere.

Item number: #8854

Price: $750

HOSPINIAN, Rudolf

Rodolphi Hospiniani De festis Ivdæorvm et ethnicorvm: hoc est de origine, progressv, ceremoniis & ritibvs festorvm apud Ivdæos, Græcos, Romanos. Tvrcas & Indianos, libri tres

Genevæ: Sumptibus Samvelis de Tovrnes, 1674.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 parts in 1

o 'Festis Iudæorum'

[32], 270, [2]

o 'Festis Christianorum'

[12], 176, [16]

o 'Historia Iesvitica'

[32], 418

· Language: Latin

· Binding: Leather; tight & secure

· Size: ~14in X 9.25in (36cm x 23.5cm)

· Quite rare with no other example for sale worldwide at present

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