[Rarebooks] FS 1879 Study of Ancient Roman Catacombs w/ color plates

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: “Roma Sotterranea or An Account of the Roman Catacombs especially
of the Cemetery of St. Callixtus. Compiled from the works of Commendatore
de Rossi with the consent of the Author. Part Second: Christian Art”

By Rev. J. Spencer Northcote & Rev. W. R. Brownlee.
Published in London by Longmans, Green & Co. in 1879.
New Edition, Rewritten and Greatly Enlarged.

DISCUSSION: Of James Spencer Northcote [1821-1907] and this book, The
Catholic Encyclopedia notes-

“On 29 July, 1855, Northcote was ordained priest at Stone [and] returned
to Rome to complete his ecclesiastical studies, also acquiring the
profound erudition in Christian antiquities which was later to be
enshrined in his great work "Roma Sotterranea". In 1860 he was called to
Oscott College as vice-president, and six months later became president.
Under his rule, which lasted for seventeen years, the college entered on
an unprecedented degree of prosperity, and his influence on education was
felt far outside the walls of Oscott. Failing health caused him to resign
in 1876, and he returned to the mission, first at Stone (1868), and then
at Stoke-upon-Trent (1881), where he spent the rest of his life revered by
all for his learning, his noble character, and his sanctity. In 1861 the
pope conferred on him the doctorate in divinity. Dr. Northcote's wide
scholarship is witnessed to by many works, chief among which is "Roma
Sotterranea", the great work on the Catacombs, written in conjunction with
William R. Brownlow, afterwards Bishop of Clifton. This work has been
translated into French and German; and it won for its authors recognition
as being among the greatest living authorities on the subject”.

DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. 6”x9”, xvi + 193 pages, with 128 line
illustrations after wood engravings, plus 12 chromolithographed plates,
and a real-photo frontispiece.

CONDITION NOTES: Covers with some scuffing and light wear, contents with
some scattered light soil and foxing, binding quite dry, several plates
detached from the binding.

PRICE: $65 -

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