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2 volumes 8vo (185 x 120 mm) of 8 un.ll. (title, (advertisement, approval, royal privilege and errata), pages 1 to 16, then 9 to 14 (without any missing text), 584 pp., xxxxi pp. for Volume I; 1f.n.ch. (title); pages 585 to 1448 for Volume II. Contemporary brown calf, spine gilt with raised bands, speckled edges.
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Barbier, I, 610, b. ; Brunet, I, 560 ; Rahir, 301.
First edition of Pierre Lombert’s translation.
« Traduction estimée […] on préfère cette édition à celle de 1701 aussi en 2 vol in-8. » (Brunet)
The translator’s name has been added in brown ink on both title pages.
A fine edition of this monumental work, which took Saint Augustine 13 years to write and in which he sets out the idea of two cities, one earthly and the other heavenly:
« Deux amours ont donc bâti deux cités : l’amour de soi jusqu’au mépris de Dieu, la cité de la Terre, l’amour de Dieu jusqu’au mépris de soi, la cité de Dieu. L’une se glorifie en soi, et l’autre dans le Seigneur. » (Livre XIV, chapitre XXVIII, p.795.)
A fine copy.
The tailpiece of Volume I split; part of the headpice of Volume II is missing. Water damage affecting Volume I; page 611 of Volume II is incorrectly numbered 161; a few quires in Volume II are browned. Collation identical to the BNF one.
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