1682 ST. CYPRIAN by JOHN FELL antique MASSIVE FOLIO
Saint Cyprian.
Sancti Caecilii Cypriani Opera Recognita & Illustrata...
per Joannem Oxoniensem Episcopum (John Fell)
Accedunt Annales Cyprianici, Sive Tredecim Annorum, quibus S. Cyprianus inter Christianos versatus est...
Per Joannem Cestriensem (Pearson).
Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre, 1682.
First edition.
Massive , heavy folio.
Size 10 by 15 3/4" (360 x 232 mm.)
Engraved frontispiece by Sonmans & Burghers, large Sheldonian device on title page.
Leather binding (with repaired spine). New endpapers. Excellent interior condition, very clean pages.
Raised bands and gilt titles on spine.
Text in Latin
The text is comprised of the Saint Cyprian's collected works and is copiously annotated by John Fell with a life of Cyprian compiled by John Pearson. The book represents the greatest of Fell's works. The martyrdom of Cyprian, the Bishop of Carthage, is of vital importance in Christian history - he was the first Christian martyr of the African continent who was imprisoned and beheaded in 258 A. D. for refusing sacrifice to pagan deities.
"In 1682 appeared the magnificent large folio, the fruit of Fell's long study of the Father whose stand against Rome and special theory of the episcopate gave him a unique appeal to Anglicans... The folio comprised all the saint's writings, copiously annotated by Fell, and a new Life, Annales Cyprianici, which was compiled byt the greatest English patristic scholar of the age, John Pearson... Fell's apparatus is impressive; his collations numerous, his notes copious. The composition of the text is creditable to an English press; the paper is excellent and the presswork admirable... The book represents the greatest of Fell's contributions to patristic scholarship and the exposition of the position of the Anglican Church." [Stanley Morison, John Fell, the University Press and the 'Fell' Types, p. 48-9.]
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Saint Cyprian.
Sancti Caecilii Cypriani Opera Recognita & Illustrata...
per Joannem Oxoniensem Episcopum (John Fell)
Accedunt Annales Cyprianici, Sive Tredecim Annorum, quibus S. Cyprianus inter Christianos versatus est...
Per Joannem Cestriensem (Pearson).
Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre, 1682.
First edition.
Massive , heavy folio.
Size 10 by 15 3/4" (360 x 232 mm.)
Engraved frontispiece by Sonmans & Burghers, large Sheldonian device on title page.
Leather binding (with repaired spine). New endpapers. Excellent interior condition, very clean pages.
Raised bands and gilt titles on spine.
Text in Latin
The text is comprised of the Saint Cyprian's collected works and is copiously annotated by John Fell with a life of Cyprian compiled by John Pearson. The book represents the greatest of Fell's works. The martyrdom of Cyprian, the Bishop of Carthage, is of vital importance in Christian history - he was the first Christian martyr of the African continent who was imprisoned and beheaded in 258 A. D. for refusing sacrifice to pagan deities.
"In 1682 appeared the magnificent large folio, the fruit of Fell's long study of the Father whose stand against Rome and special theory of the episcopate gave him a unique appeal to Anglicans... The folio comprised all the saint's writings, copiously annotated by Fell, and a new Life, Annales Cyprianici, which was compiled byt the greatest English patristic scholar of the age, John Pearson... Fell's apparatus is impressive; his collations numerous, his notes copious. The composition of the text is creditable to an English press; the paper is excellent and the presswork admirable... The book represents the greatest of Fell's contributions to patristic scholarship and the exposition of the position of the Anglican Church." [Stanley Morison, John Fell, the University Press and the 'Fell' Types, p. 48-9.]
Reserve: $413.00
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Domestic: Flat-rate of $25.00 to anywhere within the contiguous U.S.
International: Foreign shipping rates are determined by destination. International shipping may be subject to VAT.
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Location: This item ships from Pennsylvania
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