Augustine of Hippo (St.Augustine) D.Aurelii Augustini
Title
CIVITATE DEI libri XXII (these form the 5th volume of his works and contain the whole of his City of God)
PlacePub
Geneva Switzerland
Publisher
Jacob Stoer
Date
1622
Illustrations
Woodcut borders to both titlepages.
Description
2 VOLUMES Octavo near or contemporary calf (rebacked but splitting to hinge and repaired again/one corner repaired others slightly worn) 32pp +[23pp] +[1blank] +739pp +[1p blank] +[52pp=index] Volume Two Titlepage with figural frame (caryatids, fruit garlands, eagles etc.) +[21p contents] +[1p blank] +742pp+[42p=index] Lacking one leaf of volume 1 [nn8]. Faint stamp of St.Joseph's Society to titlepages. Some marginal worming only very seldom touching an end letter of print. Old marginalia here and there. Title pages bit darkened and one sl.creased. *A nice tight set of this LATIN edition of a very influential work, still read [in translation] today. It proposed a theory of history and destiny upon the Christian principle, less personal than the later Confessions it is still considered his major work.
Booknumber
V69057
Price
Price: GBP 190.00 or USD 281.00
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