FELIPE LABBEI (1607- 1667) and GABRIEL COSSARTI... Lot 50

FELIPE LABBEI (1607- 1667) and GABRIEL COSSARTI (1615- 1674). "Sacrosancta Concilia Ad Regiam Editionem Exacta Quae Olim Quarta Parte Prodiit Auctior". Printer: Typographical Society of Ecclesiastical Booksellers. Paris, 1972. It has engravings and maps. In good condition with leather covers with slight flaws. Measurements: 39.5 x 25 x 7 cm. Philippe Labbei was a French Jesuit writer on historical, geographical and philological questions. Born in Bourges, he entered the Society of Jesus on September 28, 1623, at the age of 16. After literary, philosophical and theological studies, he successively taught rhetoric and philosophy. He then held the chair of theology for five years. He wrote more than 80 literary, philosophical and theological works. Grabiel Cossarti was a French scholar, known as a historian. He taught rhetoric at the College de Clermont. There he was a librarian, described as "worldly" and a promoter of his students' careers. As a scholar he collaborated with Philip Labbei.