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Eusebius Pamphili. De Demonstratione Evangelica Libri Decem [with] Praeparationis Evangelicae Libri Quindeci... (Total: 2 Items)
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Eusebius Pamphili. De Demonstratione Evangelica Libri Decem [with] Praeparationis Evangelicae Libri Quindecim. Cologne: Mauritii Georgii Weidmanni, 1688.Editio Nova. Includes his Liber Contra Hieroclem and Adversus Marcellum Ancyrae Eipscopum. Two folio volumes. [viii], [1]-24, [xii], [1]-548, 196, 82 pages (notes); [xvi], 856 pages, [xxiv]. Parallel texts in Greek and Latin.
Bound in full period vellum with hand-lettered spine titles. Minor soil to covers; corners bumped. Vellum of second volume is cracked along spine and joint and has been repaired. Moderate foxing to title page, else clean. All quite tight and presentable. Both volumes very good.
Eusebius (c. AD 260-c. 340), Greek ecclesiastical historian, is known as the father of church history. "The apologetic writings of Eusebius are the Praeparatio Evangelica [...] and the Demonstratio Evangelica [...]. They are both, but especially the former, a rich storehouse of information on antiquity, particularly on the philosophy and religion of the Greeks." (Seyffert. Dictionary of Classical Antiquities.) "The Praeparatio evangelica ('preparation for the gospel'), in which he shows that the Greek tradition is inferior to the Hebrew and the best of Greek philosophy merely coincided with or was derived from biblical teaching, is incidentally valuable in that it includes many quotations from classical authors now lost." (Oxford Companion to Classical Literature.)
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