St Cyprien of Carthage Episcopi Carthaginensis - 1726 (Antique Theological Book)

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Rare to find Antique Theological book of Saint Cyprien of Carthage Episcopi Carthaginensis et Martyris Opera - 1726 - 1st Edition SANCTI CAECILII CYPRIANI EPISCOPI CARTHAGINENSIS ET MARTYRIS OPERA Ad MSS. codices recognita & illustrata studio ac labore STEPHANI BALUZII Tutelensis Absolvit post BALUZIUM ac Praesationem & Vitam SANCTI CYPRIANI adornavit unus ex monachis Congregationis S. Mauri PARISIIS EX TYPOGRAPHIA REGIA M. DCCXXVI (1726) Lare Size - measuring approx. 40cm x 27cm x 6.5cm Engraved Royal Arms on the title page. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials. Errata on recto of the final leaf. Prepared by Etienne Baluze (1630-1718), the great scholar and specialist in the fathers of the Church, this edition was interrupted by his death and completed by the Maurist Dom Prudent Maran. "Confessio Sancti Cypriani" in parallel columns of Latin and Greek. Cyprian (c. 210 -258 AD) was a bishop of Carthage and an early Christian writer of Berber descent, many of whose Latin works are extant. He is recognized as a saint in the Western and Eastern churches. Martyred in 258 during the persecution of Valerian.

• Year: 1726
• Condition: Fair

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