1656 Scarce French Vellum Book - Chosen Epistles by Saint Augustine of Hippo.
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Author : Saint Augustine of Hippo.(Augustin, saint; Louis Giry; Antoine Godeau; Pierre Le Petit).
Title : Epistres choisies de S. Augustin : Traduites en françois par Monsieur Giry. Seconde edition.
Language: Text in French.
Publisher : A Paris, Chez Pierre Le Petit, Imprimeur & Libraire ordinaire du Roy, ruë S. Jacques, à la Croix d'Or, 1656.
Size : 6 " X 3.5 ".
Pages : (20)-264 pages.
Binding: Very good full vellum binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed) under a removable protective mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (tight, rare foxing or staining, name of a previous owner on the title page - as shown).
Estimate : (USD 200 - USD 350).
The book: Scarce and very nice 17th-century edition of Augustine of Hippo Epistles.
The author: Augustine of Hippo (13 November 354 – 28 August 430) was an early Christian theologian and philosopher from Numidia whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy. He was the bishop of Hippo Regius in north Africa and is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers in Western Christianity for his writings in the Patristic Era. Among his most important works are The City of God, On Christian Doctrine and Confessions.