LACTANTIUS, (L. CAELIUS FIRMIANUS).

Opera Omnia qvae exstant cum notis integris Chr. Cellarii et selectis aut excerptis Erasmi Betuleii..... Recensuit et notis criticis... Io. Ludolph. Bünemann.

Leipzig, Sam. Beniam. Walther, 1739. 8vo. Contemp. full calf. Gilt spine (faded). Spine ends worn. Spine rubbed. Corners bumped. Light browning to the first and last few leaves. Engraved frontispiece. (54),1528 (wrongly numb. 1538) pp. + Indexes. 2 folded engraved plates.

At the Renaissance Lactantius became known as 'the Christian Cicero'. "He is the most classical of of al the early Christian writers, and also make much use of Latin authors, particularly of Cicero."(Oxford Classical Dictionary).

Graesse VI:67. - Brunet III: 736.

Order-nr.: 49401