The Desert Fathers : Translations from the Latin with an Introduction by Helen Waddell
by Waddell, Helen (translator)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
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About This Item
London: Constable & Co.. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. (1946). Hardcover. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; 1946 reprint of a title first published in 1936. ix, [1], 209, [2], [1 (blank)] pages. Blue cloth board with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 184 x 108mm. Texts in English, translated from Latin by Helen Waddell. Contents: Preface; Introduction; The Life of St. Paul the First Hermit - by St. Jerome; History of the Monks of Egypt - Translated from the Greek by Rufinus of Aquileia; The Sayings of the Fathers - Translated from the Greek by Pelagius the Deacon and John the Subdeacon; The Sayings of the Fathers - From the Greek by an unknown translator; The Sayings of the Fathers - Translated from the Greek by Paschasius the Deacon for the Abbot of Dumes; Of Accidie : Of Mortification - By Cassian of Marseilles; Fragments from the "Paradisus" of Palladius - From the Greek by an unknown translator; The "Pratum Spirituale" of John Moshus - Translated from the Greek by Ambrose of Camaldoli; The Life of St. Pelagia the Harlot - By James the Deacon, translated from the Greek by Eustochius; The Life of St. Mary the Harlot - By St. Ephraem of Edessa: translator unkown; Notes. .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24557
- Title
- The Desert Fathers : Translations from the Latin with an Introduction by Helen Waddell
- Author
- Waddell, Helen (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Publisher
- Constable & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1946)
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Dunedin, New Zealand
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We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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