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Opera, quae extant, omnia. Cum Notiis Antonii Thysii, J.C.
Lucius Caecilius Firmianus LACTANTIUS - Antonius THYSIUS (notes) :
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Add to basketLeiden, ex Officina P.Leffen, 1652, small in-8°, 15 x 10 cm, engraved frontispiece, titlepage with vignette, 12 nn pp + 670 pp + (29) pp (index) + (3)(bl). 19th-century full leather binding, decorated covers, marbled edges, ex libris L. de Ronchaud. Lactantius was called sometimes the Christian Cicero because of the beauty of hi…s style. His main work; ''Divinarum Institutionum Libri VII'' (The divine institutions) is considered to be the first attempt at a systematic exposition of Christian theology in Latin. The author was also at one time tutor to Crispus, emperor Constantine's son. Antonius Thysius (1603 - 1665) was professor at Leiden university.