Arnobius.

Disputationum adversus gentes libri octo.
Nunc primum in lucem editi.


Rome, Franziskus Priscianese; 1542 (dated in colophon)

5 unnumbered, 100 (instead of 102) lvs., 1 unnumbered leaf.


Later blind-tooled calfskin binding (worn) , spine with raised bands and spine label. Marbled endpapers and edges.

- IA 108.890. Adams A 1994. STC 56. Brunet I, 491. Ebert 1219. –


First edition of this polemical treatise against paganism, written between 304 and 310.
According to Jerome, the rhetorician Arnobius (c. 330), who came from Sicca in North Africa, used this work to advocate for admission to baptism and his conviction in the Christian faith.

The two text pages are missing (supplemented by copies).


Some occasional stains to the upper margin and other places. 

Some period annotations and underlining.


Small folio.  Size 9 by 12 3/4"

Text in Latin
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