OPTATUS, MILEVITANUS, - Sancti Optati Afri Milevitani Episcopi De schismate donatistarum libri septem: Ad manuscriptos codices et veteres editiones collati; et innumeris in locis emendati. Quibus accessere Historia donatistarum una cum monumetis veteribus ad eam spectantibus: necnon geographia episcopalis Africae. Opera & studio M. Ludovici Ellies Du Pin.

Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris], André Pralard, 1700. Folio. (XXII)+CIV+601 [i.e. 597] + errata page (mispagination 176-179 and 486-489) Complete with engr. title vignette, head & tailpieces, fold. map by G. de L'Isle (In notitiam Ecclesiasticam Africae tabula geographica: Western Mediterranean area, incl. Spain, Southern Italy & North Africa, 75 x 52 cm, printed on heavy paper). Hardcover. Contemp. full vellum with morocco title label on spine. (Spine ends sl. rubbed; few pages sl. spotted; mispaginations: 176 followed by 179 and 486 by 489, but collated complete; map in fine condition). VG. ¶ Brunet IV, p. 196/7; Graesse V, p. 30 ("C'est la meilleure éd. faite sur 5 mss."). - Santo Optato or Saint Optatus was Bishop of Milevis, Numidia (North Africa), in the fourth century, known for his writings against Donatism.