Author: Minucius Felix, Marcus; Firmicus Maternus, Julius: (Ouzel, J., Meursius, J., a Wower, J., eds.; Baudouin, F., intro.:)
Title: Octavius [...] De errore profanarum religionum.
Description: Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: ex officina Hackiana, 1672. 8vo. pp. xlviii, 352, 64, [xxxii]. With additional engraved title-page, woodcut printer's device to title-page and woodcut initials. Final leaf blank. Occasional very light spotting. Later vellum, old morocco gilt title label added to spine, edges sprinkled blue. Spine a bit yellowed, a few small marks and specks, endpapers foxed, ffep loosening, still very good. Large armorial bookplate of Viscount Downe to front paste-down, with some bookseller's pencilled notes. Pencilled ownership inscription of Brian (Langley?) dated 1966 to ffep. The Octavius is the only surviving work of Minucius Felix (died c.250AD) and comprises a dialogue between a Christian (the Octavius of the title) and a pagan. This edition was printed by the heirs of Frans Hacke in Leiden, who also produced books for Louis Elzevier. Already at the time Hack's printing style was rated as one of the best, and 'his publications are no less elegant than those of his famous competitors', the Elzevirs (Willems pp. 424-25). Not in Willems.

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