‎JANSENIUS, Cornelius (1585-1638):‎
‎Tetrateuchus, sive Commentarius in Sancta Jesu Christi Evangelia. Editio nova accuratior. Cui accessit in marginesacer textus, cum indice amplissimo, & Evangeliorum totius anni serie.‎

‎Lutetia Parisiorum (Paris), apud Ludovicum Roulland filium, 1688, in-4to, 4 leaves + 4 p. + 400 p. + 364 p. + 15 leaves (index) + 1 leaf (extrait du privilège), some light browning and very rare foxing, marbled endpaper, ‘Exlibris Claudii Nic: Michel’, calf binding on raised bands, gilt red title label on spine, spine richly gold tolled, extreme top edge of spine chipped (tiny piece lacking), some rubbing, extremity of bottom corners scraped, interior gilt dentelle frame, redsprinkled edges. Excellent copy.‎

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‎Seventeenth century edition of a voluminous exegetical commentary on the Gospels. By the founder of Jansenism, a religious revival movement which reached its height in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The religious principles of Jansenism were laid down by Cornelius Jansen in his «Augustinus» (published posthumously in 1640).In 1630 Dutch theologian author Jansen was appointed to the regius chair of Sacred Scripture at Louvain, in which capacity he delivered the lectures which constitute the present commentary on the Gospels, first published posthumously at Brussels, in 1639. Jansen's Biblical commentaries show a profound concern for literal exegesis, a relative discretion in the use of allegory, and at the same time a very extensive knowledge of patristics. Image disp.‎