Rare-1861 - Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Abbe Orsini -Pius IX, 1st ed. lthr

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Rare-1861 - Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Abbe Orsini -Pius IX, 1st ed. lthr:
$120.96

THE LIFE

OF THE

BLESSED VIRGIN MARY,

WITH THE

HISTORY OF THE DEVOTION OFHER:

COMPLETED BY THE TRADITIONSOF THE EAST,

THE WRITINGS OF THE HOLYFATHERS, ETC., ETC.

THE ABBE ORSINI;

TOGETHER WITH

A HISTORICAL CALENDAR OF FEASTSOF THE BLESSED VIRGIN:

FOUNDATION S AND DEDICATIONSOF CHURCHES IN HONOR OF OUR BLESSED LADY; AND

THE LITANY OF THE MOST BLESSEDVIRGIN, ACCOMPANIED WITH MEDITATIONS

BY THE ABBE EDWARD BARTHE

TRANSLATED BY THE VERY REV.F. C. HUSENBETH. D.D.

ALSO

DEVOTION TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN

IN NORTH AMERICA

BY THE REV. XAVIER DONALDMACLEOD,

ST. MARY’S COLLEGE, CINCINNATI

BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITHSTEEL ENGRAVINGS.

NEW YORK:

VIRTUE AND YORSTON

12 DEY STREET.

1861

Being offered at sale is a rare 1st edition workof Catholic ecclesiastical history and devotion dealing with the doctrine ofthe veneration and worship of the Virgin Mary.Abbe Edouard Orsini (1801 -1875), the author, was an ardent defender ofthis devotion. The book was issued notonly as a “history” and “help to devotion,” but as a stalwart defense of PopePius IXth’s recent pronouncements regarding the doctrine of the immaculateconception. At points the book seems tobe an apologetic. Much of Orsini’sdefenses are drawn from old traditions, sighted in abundance, along withquotations from church fathers and Catholic ecclesiastical writers down throughthe ages. Equally interesting is the stridentanti-Protestant take Orsini holds.Numerous defenses are leveled against Protestant arguments not only theMarian doctrine, but against their views of the Catholic church itself. Of particular interest in this area are thejustifications Orsini proposes for such historical events as the St. BartholomewDay Massacre and other repressive dealings with heretics. In places Orsini writes apologeticallyconcerning the brutal suppression of South American Indians by theconquistadors, demonstrating an abhorrence to their cruelty while at the sametime lauding the methods and manners of indoctrinating the Indians thus winningthem over to the church and to the veneration of Mary.

Orsini’s work is a valuable contribution to Catholicdevotional and ecclesiastical literature, and a significant resource work forthose studying the evolution of the doctrines, practices, traditions, etc thatsurround the church’s teachings on Mariology.One might say that the work is a Catholic apology on the subject and adefense of Pope Pius IXth’s elevation of the doctrine of the immaculateconception. Orsini’s interpretations of history are always quite interesting,and quite representative of the Church’s world view as still held in the 19thcentury.

Orsini deals largely with traditions, apparitions, historiesand devotion to statues of Mary, apparitions, miracles etc. Materials are drawn from “Traditions of theEast and the writings of church fathers.” Included in this work are the following:

“The Life of the blessed Virgin, Mother of God.” – 18 chapters
“The History of the Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.” 15 chapters.
“Historical Calendar of Feasts of the Blessed Virgin.” January thru December.
“Meditations on the Litany of the Most Blessed Virgin.” 57 sections
Contents. Devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary in North America.” 22 chapters.
Exhaustive alphabetical index.
Dedicatory page “To His Holiness Pius IX., P.P. This work, not from any merit of its own, but because all books about the Blessed Virgin naturally seek the protection of him who dogmatically defined her Immaculate Concption is, with profound love and reverence inscribed by his unknown and unworthy son and servant, the writer.”

CONDITION:1861. 1ST Edition. Hardcover in original full leather richly tooledearly Victorian boards and spine. Giltcross on front and back panels with original owner’s name in gilt beneath thecross on the front board (“Catherine Reaney.”)Gilt titling and decorations in compartments on spine. 5 heavy raised bands. Boards heavy with beveled edges. Leather is a deep Sherwood/forest green—almostblack in appearance. 9” x 12” tall. 974 double columned pages. White satin-like textured endpages. Frontispiece engraving – “Mother of God.” 1st title-page – elaborate hand-coloreddepicting Mary holding the Christ child and the child John the Baptist at herknee. Numerous quality full-page steel engravings. Light rubbing to extremities and a bit to thesurface in spots with some fraying to the corner tips and the spine crown andfoot edges. Back panel is present butdetached and is in very nice condition.Front board, spine and all pages are very secure. No signatures ormarkings noted. There is a small faintdamp spot to the lower margin edge of a couple of pages near the frontotherwise --- a very clean and sturdycopy of a rare volume.

Note: Orsini\'s work is large and heavy, weighing approximately 6 1/2 lbs. Unfortunately extra shipping fees apply -- $5.72 total. (We never charge for handling)

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