Sancti Caecilii Cypriani Opera Recognita & Illustrata Per Joannem Oxoniensem Episcopum Accedunt Annales Cyprianici Sive Tredecim Annorum Quibus S Cyprianus Inter Christianos Versatus Est, Brevis Historia Chronologice Delineata Per Joannem Cestriensem -

E-067: E Theatro Sheldoniano. Very Good. 1682. Hardcover. Leather. Folio. E Theatro Sheldoniano, Oxford, UK. Anno MDCLXXXII, 1682. [18], [54], 72, 244, 240, 40, 110, 72 pgs. Engraved title page, Frontispiece copper engraving shows the decapitation of the saint, engraved by Burghers after Sonmans. Bound in leather boards with later papyrus wrapper with metal roundels.. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Michael Burghers (b. C.1647/8 – 1727) was a Dutch illustrator and artist of the 17th century, who spent most of his career in England. He was commissioned to create maps, estate plans, and illustrations of stately houses, by the English aristocracy. Cyprian (Thaschus Cæcilius Cyprianus; c. 200 – September 14, 258 AD) [4] was bishop of Carthage and a notable Early Christian writer of Berber descent, many of whose Latin works are extant. He is also recognised as a saint in the Christian churches. He was born around the beginning of the 3rd century in North Africa, perhaps at Carthage, where he received a classical education. Soon after converting to Christianity, he became a bishop in 249. A controversial figure during his lifetime, his strong pastoral skills, firm conduct during the Novatianist heresy and outbreak of the Plague of Cyprian (named after him due to his description of it) , and eventual martyrdom at Carthage established his reputation and proved his sanctity in the eyes of the Church. His skillful Latin rhetoric led to his being considered the pre-eminent Latin writer of Western Christianity until Jerome and Augustine. E-067; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .