Fleury

101536 — Oxford John Henry Parker Rivingtons 1842-44 1st 1842-44 1st. Three Volumes. Hardback 8.75 x 5.5 inches. Quarterbound calf leather to spine and corners and marbled papered boards. Raised and gilt banding to spines with blind embossed decoration and twin dark green leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Speckled page edges. Overall very good conditions. Some handling marks to boards a couple of thin surface chips to leather on spine edge of vol.1 and corners of vols. 2 & 3. Some dark foxing spots to blank prelims lighter foxing to title pages neat inscription to top of title page in vol.1. One or two occasional minor foxing spots to inside pages else pages all very clean bright and tight throughout. Else a very good clean and tight set. 3 vols: ccxx 400 463 & 471pp. A highly regarded English translation by John Henry Newman later Cardinal Newman of the foundational work by French historian Claude Fleury. Details the growth of the early Christian Church the rise of major heresies such as Nestorianism and the political dynamics between the priesthood and imperial power. Oxford, John Henry Parker, Rivingtons, 1842-44 1st 1842-44 1st hardcover