[Rarebooks] FS: English ed. by Davies of Minucius Felix's "Octavius..." Cambridge : 1712

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Minucius Felix, Marcus. OCTAVIUS, ex Iterata Recensione Joannis Davisii... cum Ejusdem Animadversionibus ac Notis Integris Des. Heraldi & Nic. Rigaltii... Accedit Commodianus, Aevi Cyprianici Scriptor... Cambridge: Typis Academicis. Impensis Cornelii Crownfield... 1712. 8vo. (8),269,(19)pp. Indices. Copper engraved publisher's device on title. Cont. calf, nicely rebacked. Title page lightly foxed.              $200.00 (trade discount allowed)
In this second edition of Minucius Felix (first is 1707) published by Dr. Davies (1679-1732) he has "very much enlarged his own observations... to clear the sense of the author... to explain the customs alluded to... even to mend the text in several passages." Brueggemann. ENGLISH EDITIONS OF THE ANCIENT GREEK & LATIN AUTHORS, #732.

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