Author: Augustine, Saint
Title: B. Augustini et veterum ejusdem discipulorum Opuscula insigniora adversus Pelagianos et eorum reliquias ...Tomus primus [-tertius]...Iuxta editionem Plantinianam, quantum fieri potuit.
Description: Lovanii, ex officina Bernardini Masii, 1647-1648. Complete in 3 volumes: (20), 753, (1) pp.; (18), 808, (48) pp.;(22), 734, (24) pp. Contemporary overlapping vellum over boards with old manuscript title in ink on spine. Printer's vignette on title-pages ('Fulget crucis mysterium'). With some decorated initials and indices locorum. Small 4to. 21x16 cm. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. Rare first edition of this interesting collection of polemical works by Saint Augustin and a number of his disciples against the heretical and controversial writings of their days and especially against the Pelagian sect. Small stamp and shelf mark on first free endpapers, a few leaves in volume 2 wrinkled and repairs to margin of 2 leaves; bindings soiled as expected. Willaert 2419; Matagne (1990), A-286; Not in BCNI. 4 copies in Dutch Central Catalog (NCC); 1 US copy (of 2) in OCLC.

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