Henry Edward Manning Editor (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright; w/a blue ribbon bookmark. First Edition. Gilt embossed blue linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/trace edge wear. A whisper light brown spotting (acidic paper reaction) to upper text block. A compilation 14th century simple stories, strong in doctrine & versed in theology of St Francis of Assisi. Edited & translated to English by Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Henry Edward Manning (1808 - 1892). The tales emerged some 100 years after the death of venerated recipient of the stigmata St Francis (1181 or 1182 - 1226). 303 pgs, color plates, in 48 chapters. Read how the Saint concluded peace between the people of Gubbio and the preying wolf of the mountains --- responding to St Francis' gentle demeanor & voice, the savage wolf places its paw in the saintly hand, and stopped attacking the villagers. The Middle Ages gave space to both the commonplace and the miraculous. F. Cayley-Robinson, paintings (Color Plates. (illustrator).…

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

1st edn 1st printing. 4 vols. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (light marks on page edges of vol I - otherwise Fine), dustwrapper (small abrasion on lower cover of vol IV - otherwise near Fine). Pp. cxx + 485 [&] xii + 557 [&] xii + 442 [&] xii + 550 (no inscriptions).