Those two excellent monuments of ancient learning and piety, Minucius Felix's Octavius, and Tertullian's Apology for the primitive Christians, . render'd into English.
Marcus Minucius Felix (fl.c.150-270 AD)
Category
Books
Date
1708
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3095069
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8],xxi,[1],250p. . 8vo. Provenance: Marginalia and underscorings in pencil; according to Sydenham Hervey such "mysterious little pencil marks in the margins" are a sign of ownership by John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751).. Binding: Eighteenth-century Cambridge-style blind-panelled calf binding; gilt roll on board edges. Rebacked in blind-tooled calf, with gilt title and date stamped on spine. Red sprinkled edges.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Marcus Minucius Felix (fl.c.150-270 AD) People of Britain Tertullian (b.c.150-c.230 AD) Michael Vandergucht (Antwerp 1660 – London 1725)