VALESII, Henrici. - Historia Ecclesiastica. - 1677

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VALESII, Henrici. [Valesivs, Henricus] [Valois, Henri].

"Historia Ecclesiastica. Eusebii pamphili, Socratis Scholastici, Hermiae Sozomeni, Theodoriti Episcopi Cyri, et Evagrii Scholastici."

Parisiis [Paris]: Petri le Petit, 1677.

First edition. Complete.

A large Ecclesiastical history, in original full leather binding. Six raised bands with burgundy label and profuse gilt decoration to the spine. The gilt is still bright. The binding is in good, slightly rubbed condition. Internally clean and bright thoughout. A lovely copy.

Many of the items have their own engraved title pages. A collection of the most important works by Henri Valois. Text in Latin. The essays include those On the life and writings of Eusebius of Caesarea -- Ancient testimonies for Eusebius -- Ancient testimonies against Eusebius -- On the life of Henry of Valesius, the royal historiographer, a book -- Eusebius Pamphilus's Ecclesiastical History / translated by Henry of Valesius -- Eusebius Pamphilus's On the life of the blessed Emperor Constantine -- Henry of Valesius's Four Dissertations. I. On the schism of the Donatists. II. The Epistle of Anastasius & the Martyrdom of Jerusalem. III. The Epistle to James of the LXX. IV. On the Roman martyrology -- The Ecclesiastical History of Socrates Scholasticus and Hermiae Sozomeni / translated into Latin by Henry of Valesius, & illustrated with various observations on their authors.

[32], vii, 275, [13], 24, [14], 3-339, [40], [18], 3-249, [30] pages. A scarce work, we can find no copies available to purchase at the time of cataloguing. Conforms to WorldCat / OCLC: 78552167.

Henrici Valessi (Henri Valois) (1603-1677), was a 17th-century French philologist and scholar, known in classical and ecclesiastical circles as Henricus Valesius. He was not strictly a theologian in the sense of creating original theological works, but rather a scholar focused on classical and ecclesiastical history, editing and publishing ancient ecclesiastical historians and texts. His important contributions include editing and translating works by early ecclesiastical historians such as Eusebius of Caesarea and Socrates of Constantinople (which are found here).

38cm x 27cm
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