[Historical artefact, book signed by Luke Wadding]. Commenta...

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€170

[Historical artefact, book signed by Luke Wadding]. Commentaria by Cornelius a Lapide. Paris, 1631. Large format. Binding poor and old worming. Old manuscript inscription ’Bibliothce Antoniane F.F. Min. Conventey Wexfordiensis’. Contemporary signature ‘Lu Waddinge’ at bottom of Approbatione page. Contemporary signature of Mathew Rochfort on same page. Luke Wadding a native of Waterford was one of Ireland’s greatest scholars. Having a book used by Wadding, in the college of Louvain, the library was later transferred to Wexford monastery, is a wonderful and unique association