Saint Augustine. Of The Citie of God, 2nd edition in English, 1620

Augustine (of Hippo, Saint). Of The Citie of God: with the learned comments of Jo. Lodovicus Vives, Englished first by J.H. and now in this second Edition compared with the Latine Originall, and in very many places corrected and amended , 2nd edition in English, London: Printed by G. Eld and M. Flesher, 1620, [20], 861 [i.e. 860], [4]pp., woodcut vignette to title, inscription to title upper margin 'Jno Poley de Boxted 1711', contemporary neat annotation to front blank (a short biography of Augustine), occasional dust-soiling, lacking rear endpaper, front free endpaper wormed and soiled to margins, front hinge cracked, near-contemporary speckled calf, blindstamped initials 'W.P.' to front board, some light wear, folio QTY: (1) NOTE: STC 917. First published in 1610, this is the second edition of John Healey's translation of Augustine's City of God . Fine copy in contemporary binding.