GESTA COLLATIONIS CHARTAGINI HABITAE HONORII CAESARIS IUSSU INTER CATHOLICOS & DONATISTAS by MASSON, Jean Papire Paris; 1588 8vo: 4.5 by 7"
[16]-62-[-2 bl.] pp., 204-[3-1 bl.]-32-[4] ff.
Woodcut printer's mark on the title Faded dampstain on first few pages, minor wear, some marginal manuscript notes on title and in 2nd part). Original limp vellum , manuscript title on the spine, traces of ties.
Good copy.
Very rare first edition of the Acts of the Conference of Carthage (411) by the French humanist historian Masson (1544-1611).
One of the most important assemblies in the history of the Catholic Church, it was presided over by Marcellinus of Carthage, who was in favor of the orthodox party, which led to the violent suppression of the Donatists.
Provenance: "Ludovicus Heurteuyn, procur[eur] in [...] Paris" (period manuscript entry on upper pastedown). Text in Latin
Jean Papire Masson Latin: Papirius (1544 – 1611) was a French humanist historian, known also as a geographer, biographer, literary critic and jurist.


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