1680 LATIN LACTANTIUS DE MORTIBUS PART PASSIO PERPETUAE

LUCII CAECILII FIRMIANI LACTANTII
DE MORTIBUS PERSECUTORUM
LIBER

ACCESSERUNT PASSIONES
SS. PERPECTUAE & FELICITATIS
S. MAXIMILIANI
S. FELICIS

OXONII
E THEATRO SHELDONIANO

This small volume is the first English edition of two works in Latin put together by the Bishop of Oxford John Fell 1625-1686 and published in Oxford in 1680, containing De Mortibus, a treatise about the deaths of emperors who persecuted Christians written by Lactantius c240-c320 AD, an early Christian writer and Latin speaking native of North Africa, followed by Accesserunt Passiones. An account of the martyrdom of saints taken from Passio Perpetuae.

The first part has 108 pages, the second 56 pages, each with its own page numbering, 168 pages in total including title page and preface.

Armorial bookplate on fixed front endpaper with the motto: Virtus Mille Scuta, signature on front endpaper Tho. Newey, and signature on last text page: ? Smalbroke.

CONDITION
Full leather binding with original front and rear boards, new leather spine, pages are slightly browned, all complete.
Size is 5¼ by 3¼ inches.

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