Historia Ecclesiastica

Historiae Ecclasticae scriptores Graeci, Eusebius Pamphilus, Socrates Scholasticus, Hermias Sozomenus, Theocritus Episcopus Cyri. Evagrius Scholasticus; cum exerptis ex historiis Philostorgii & Theodori lectoris Graece & Latine. Henricus Valesius. Amsterdam, Henricus Wetstein, 1695-1700. [3 vols.].

3 vols., vellum, folio, title on spine in red and gilt stamping, boards covered with marbled paper, allegorical frontispiece, 3x title in red and black, of which 1x with large vignette by J. Mulder after B. Overbeke, 1 intertitle in red and black with vignette, (4),(5),549,(12),260,24,(8); (14),662,164,(16); (30),585,(16),209,(6) pp.; texts in Greek and Latin. Occ. browning, heavier in some places. Paper decreasing in quality; shabby bindings. The Historia Ecclesiastica treats the appreciation of the classics by early Christian writers. (total 3)