Rolfus, H. Explanation of the Holy Sacraments: A Complete Exposition of the Sacraments and Sacramentals of the Church. New York &c.: Benziger Brothers, 1898. First Edition. [7848]
Green publisher's cloth, gilt titles to spine, 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches, 307 clean pp., 12 pp. publisher's catalogue, tight. Very good. Hardcover.
With Nihil Obstat & Imprimatur.
Hermann Rolfus (1821-1896), b. Freigerg, Saxony; d. Buhl, Baden-Württemberg. Rolfus was a Catholic parish priest, author, and theologian. "Rolfus did much for practical Catholic pedagogics, especially in southern Germany, by the work which he edited in conjunction with Adolf Pfister, Real-Encyclopädie des Erziehungsund Unterrichtswesens nach katholischen Principien (4 vols., Mainz, 1863-1866; 2nd. ed. 1872-74)." - Catholic Encyclopedia (1913).