Item #005496301 M. Minucii Felicis Octavius : cum integris Woweri, Elmenhorstii, Heraldi & Rigaltii notis aliorumque hinc inde Collectis [bound with] Ludibria Malevola Clerici, vel proscriptio pravæ mercis ac mentis pravissimæ quam exposuit in Minucio Felice. Marcus Minucius Felix, Jacob Gronovius, Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus, Julius Firmicus Maternus, Jean Le Clerc.
M. Minucii Felicis Octavius : cum integris Woweri, Elmenhorstii, Heraldi & Rigaltii notis aliorumque hinc inde Collectis [bound with] Ludibria Malevola Clerici, vel proscriptio pravæ mercis ac mentis pravissimæ quam exposuit in Minucio Felice

M. Minucii Felicis Octavius : cum integris Woweri, Elmenhorstii, Heraldi & Rigaltii notis aliorumque hinc inde Collectis [bound with] Ludibria Malevola Clerici, vel proscriptio pravæ mercis ac mentis pravissimæ quam exposuit in Minucio Felice

apud Cornelium Boutestein, Samuelem Luchtmans: Lugduni Batavorum, 1709. First Edition Thus. Full Vellum. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Very Good. Item #005496301

Bound in full period vellum, tooled with floral designs in gilt, large gilt heraldic devices at center of each cover (minor wear, lacks original ties at foredges). An attractive copy in very good condition. 2 works in 1 volume. Marcus Minucius Felix's "Octavius" is one of the earliest surviving (3rd century) defences of Christianity, written in the form of a dialogue. Felix, a Roman attorney of Berber origin, died in Rome in 250AD. Description: [20], 496, [24] p. : ill. ; in-8. Other Titles: Octavius Responsibility: ex recensione Jacobi Gronovii ... Accedunt Cæcilius Cyprianus De idolorum Vanitate. & Julius Firmicus Maternus ... De errore profanarum religionum. Bound with: Ludibria Malevola Clerici, vel proscriptio pravae mercis ac mentis pravissimae quam exposuit in Minucio Felice, [Amsterdam: Henry Schelte, etc., 1712], pp. 56; Series Title: Bibliotheque choisie, t. 24. Responsibility: Jean le Clerc anne`e MDCCXII tome XXIV de la Bibliotheque choisie.

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