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  "REDESIGNING THE SHAPE OF HISTORY AUGUSTINE WOULD DOMINATE WESTERN THOUGHT FOR THE NEXT MILLENNIUM": RARE FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH OF AUGUSTINE’S CITIE OF GOD

  SAINT AUGUSTINE,.

  Of the Citie of God: With the Learned Comments of Jo. Lod. Vives. [The City of God].

  London: George Eld, 1610.

  Rare first edition in English of Augustine's monumental work. Translated by John Healey. Folio, bound in full brown calf, gilt titles to the spine, morocco spine label, raised bands. Large woodcut printer's device on title (McKerrow 375). Decorative woodcut head-pieces and decorative and woodcut initials, including three twelve-line initials. In very good condition, ownership signature on title page dated 1790. First editions are rare.

  Price: $28,000.00     Item Number: 149448

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  "Redesigning The Shape Of History Augustine Would Dominate Western Thought For The Next Millennium": Rare First Edition In English Of Augustine’S Citie Of God

  SAINT AUGUSTINE,.

  Of the Citie of God: With the Learned Comments of Jo. Lod. Vives.

  London: George Eld, 1610.

  First edition in English of Augustine's monumental work. Translated by John Healey. Folio, bound in full contemporary English panelled calf with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, central ornament tooled in gold to the front and rear panels, rebacked. Decorative woodcut head-pieces and decorative and woodcut initials, including three twelve-line initials. In very good condition. A nice example of this scarce and important work.

  Price: $26,000.00     Item Number: 151400

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