Ambrosius of Milan. (Opera omnia quae extant). Volumes IV and V (of 5) in 1 volume. 593 p.; 414 pp., 21 Bl. 33.5 x 22.5 cm. Powerful blind-embossed pork leather band d. Z. (corners partly cleanly restored, attachments renewed, slightly removed) over 4 double frets and heavy fastened wooden covers with 2 perfectly intact cisled brass closures. Basel (Hieronymus Frobenius and Nicolaus Eposcopius), 1538. VD16 A 2181. Adams A 937. – The authoritative second great Father of the Church with the works of Saint Ambrose of Milan (339-397), which Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536) edited and edited philologically. We also owe to him the clear textual structure in five volumes as well as the highest typographical quality of the offices of Froben and Episcopius. The impressive volume contains parts IV and V. These volumes include the exegetical and allegorical comments on the books of the Old Testament (Volume IV) and the interpretations of the New Testament. The fifth volume became by far the most important and extensive work of the complete edition. – Only isolated, few damp edges and spots from below, otherwise very clean, on very white, very broad-edge good paper - impressively bound.