Title: Opera Omnia Author: Cyprian, Saint Place: Venice Publisher: Dorigoni Date: 1758 Description: lvi pages, clx, 1224 columns. Title page in black and red. (Folio) 36.5x24 cm (14½x9½") early full vellum, leather spine label. Second Venice Edition. Cyprian (c. 200–258 AD) was bishop of Carthage and a notable Early Christian writer of Berber descent, many of whose Latin works are extant. He was born around the beginning of the 3rd century in North Africa, perhaps at Carthage, where he received a classical education. His skillful Latin rhetoric led to his being considered the pre-eminent Latin writer of Western Christianity until Jerome and Augustine. Lot Amendments Condition: Some wear and soiling to binding; foxing; very good. Item number: 283682
Title: Opera Omnia Author: Cyprian, Saint Place: Venice Publisher: Dorigoni Date: 1758 Description: lvi pages, clx, 1224 columns. Title page in black and red. (Folio) 36.5x24 cm (14½x9½") early full vellum, leather spine label. Second Venice Edition. Cyprian (c. 200–258 AD) was bishop of Carthage and a notable Early Christian writer of Berber descent, many of whose Latin works are extant. He was born around the beginning of the 3rd century in North Africa, perhaps at Carthage, where he received a classical education. His skillful Latin rhetoric led to his being considered the pre-eminent Latin writer of Western Christianity until Jerome and Augustine. Lot Amendments Condition: Some wear and soiling to binding; foxing; very good. Item number: 283682
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