Saint augustin

1584 · 118 — <p>Rare French edition of St Augustine's<i>De Civitate Dei</i> <i>The City of God</i> one of the founding texts of European culture.</p><p>A beautiful copy preserved in its 17th century morocco binding.</p><p><b>A rare edition of St Augustine's</b><b><i>De Civitate Dei Contra Paganos</i></b><b> <i>The City of God</i> one of the founding texts of european culture. </b></p><p>This was the translation by Gentian Hervet d'Orléans canon of Reims complemented by the commentaries of Louis Vivès.</p><p>'<b>Montaigne was an attentive reader of <i>La</i> <i>Cité de Dieu</i> </b><b><i>The City of God</i></b><b></b><b>and he kept a copy of the 1570 edition containing the commentary by Vivès</b>' Gisèle Mathieu-Castellani.</p><p>'The name of Jean-Louis Vivès was mentioned by Montaigne in his writings as the commentator of <i>La Cité de Dieu</i> which confirms that the edition of <i>La Cité de Dieu</i> owned by Montaigne did indeed include the comments by Vivès. <b>The Vivès commentaries seem to have contributed to the commentary constituted by the <i>Essais</i>.</b>' Jean Céard</p><p>'In <i>The City of God</i> theology is shown in relation to the history of mankind and God's action in the world is explained. The book remained authoritative until the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries when Bossuet was the last "Augustinian" historian.' PMM 3 for the 1467 edition</p><p>A rare and beautiful edition with commentaries by Vivés. There were close links between the Protestant religion and Augustinianism which made Catholics suspicious of St Augustine's texts. Hence all ancient editions of St Augustine's work are rare and particularly in French. </p><p>In his preface Jean Louis Vivés declares that he added these commentaries on the request of Erasmus who had not time to do so himself. </p><p>'<i>De Civitate Dei</i><i>The City of God</i>is an apology of Christianity written by St Augustine 354–430 CE towards the end of his life. It is all at once a philosophy of the historical evolution of human society the metaphysics of society and an interpretation of individual and social life in the light of the fundamental principles of Christianity. </p><p>Luther Calvin Voltaire and many theologies and philosophies were inspired by this major work.</p><p><b>An attractive copy preserved in its old morocco binding.</b></p> Michel Sonnius hardcover