Confessionum libri tredecim.
Paris: Thomas Blaise, 1634.
Price: $3,500.00
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Editio nova, accurate recognita, & ab innumeris quibus priores scatebant mendis, expurgata. Engraved vignette of St. Monica on title page, portrait of St. Augustine, both by Mathews. [16], 508, [30] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary brown calf extra gilt, boards tooled with field of fleurs de lys, monogram PS in central panel within gilt laurels, repeated at corners, with a floral roll border. Joints cracked, traces of rubbing. Very good. Provenance: Collège du Plessis-Sorbonne, Paris; Tibulle Pellet Desbarraux-Bernard (1798-1880), engraved bookplate “Ex schaedis H.W. deskDoct. T. D.-B.” with tag from Cicero; Douglas M. Moffat; General Theological Seminary, gift of Mrs. D.M. Moffat.
Item #371946
Paris printing of the Confessions of St. Augustine, from the library of the collège du Plessis-Sorbonne.
