1602 DE CRUCE LIBRI TRES by Justus LIPSIUS antique ILLUSTRATED w/ 19 WOODCUTS

DE CRUCE LIBRI TRES.
AD SACRAM PROFANAMQUE HISTORIAM UTILES. UNA CUM NOTIS.

by LIPSIUS, Justus

Paris, Laurentium Sonnium; 1602

ILLUSTRATED WITH 19 NICE ENGRAVINGS



on the crucifixion in the story attributed to Van Der Brocht Peter (1545-1608)

The "De Cruce", a study on capital punishment in antiquity, is also a disquisition on the technical details of the crucifixion as reported by the Bible, by the Fathers of the Church and in Christian iconography.
It can be considered as a continuation of Lipsius' previous studies on the uses of the ancients, such as "De Gladiatoribus" (1582) and "De Anphiteatro" (1584).

Leather binding (restored).
Title and decorations in gold on the spine, colored edges . 
Good interior condition.


Size 4 1/2 by 7 1/4"

140 pages

Engraved mark on title.
Woodcut mark at the end.

Text in Latin

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Justus Lipsius (1547 –  1606) was a Flemish Catholic philologist, philosopher, and humanist.
Lipsius wrote a series of works designed to revive ancient Stoicism in a form that would be compatible with Christianity.
The most famous of these is De Constantia (On Constancy).
His form of Stoicism influenced a number of contemporary thinkers, creating the intellectual movement of Neostoicism.
He taught at the universities in Jena, Leiden, and Leuven.

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