GRODZICKI Stanislaw (reviewer of Wujek's Bible), Quadrupartitae conciones.

Quadrupartitae conciones.

Vol. 1 - 8 (complete). Ingolstad 1610 - 1614. excudebat A. Angermarius. (16.5 x 10.5 cm), p. [12], p. 1046; p. [2], p. 962; p. [5], p. 1267; p. 1053, p. [7]; p. 1072, p. [4]; p. 970, p. [4]; p. 879, p. [4]; p. [4], p. 822, period perg. binding (T. 1); period white cloth binding (T. 2-8).
(Estr. T. 17). Owner's entries, stamps. Near fine condition. Volume 1: parchment binding with handwritten description on spines and black letter and number markings. Volumes 2-8: board binding, white leather of the period with blind embossing, metal buckles (only one buckle each survived in volumes 4 and 7), paper stickers on the spines. Grodzicki's most important works are the theological and moral treatises offered, which are a complete record of quadruple sermons on the guiding themes of the liturgical year. Grodzicki S. (1541-1613), Jesuit, one of the leaders of the Counter-Reformation in Poland. At the urging of Hosius, he became a priest. Theologian, preacher, missionary among the Lutheran population of Lithuania, chancellor of the Vilna Academy. He tried to win over Dmitry Samozwaniec to the Roman Catholic faith. As a ruthlessly orthodox theologian, he was part of the commission that censored Wujek's bible. Very rare in the complete set.964.