SULPICE SÉVÈRE
Opera omnia quae extant
Ex officia Elzeviriana • [ Abraham Elzevier]|Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] • (Leyde) [Leiden] 1643|7 x 12.50 cm|relié
Second Elzevier edition after the first of 1634, expanded with Sleidan's continuation of Sacred History. An engraved title-frontispiece depicting Saint Martin ready to share his cloak. Printed in minuscule characters.
Full red morocco binding, 18th century. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title-label. Triple gilt fillet frame on boards. Edges gilt. Rubbing to corners and headcaps. Handsome copy in morocco.
Ecclesiastical author from Aquitaine who lived at the end of the 4th century and in the first quarter of the 5th. He was said to be a disciple of Saint Martin of Tours, whose hagiography he wrote. His best-known work is a chronicle of sacred history up to 410.
Full red morocco binding, 18th century. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title-label. Triple gilt fillet frame on boards. Edges gilt. Rubbing to corners and headcaps. Handsome copy in morocco.
Ecclesiastical author from Aquitaine who lived at the end of the 4th century and in the first quarter of the 5th. He was said to be a disciple of Saint Martin of Tours, whose hagiography he wrote. His best-known work is a chronicle of sacred history up to 410.
€450