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Condition:
Near Mint / Like New. Both volumes appear exceptionally clean with tight bindings, clean pages and excellent cloth boards. Original illustrated slipcase is also exceptionally clean with only minimal evidence of handling/storage. No writing, highlighting, bookplates or other ownership markings observed. Please review all photos for exact condition.
Description:
Beautiful complete two-volume Folio Society edition of Saint Augustine’s City of God, published in London in 2012.
Includes:
Volume I — The Refutation
Volume II — The Cities
Translated by Reverend Marcus Dods, with introductions by Archbishop Vincent Nichols and Reverend Richard Chartres.
Both volumes feature cloth bindings with decorative blocked designs and are housed in the original illustrated Folio Society slipcase. The edition contains numerous color illustrations reproduced from medieval illuminated manuscripts.
This set is in outstanding collector-quality condition and appears to have seen little, if any, reading. Books are clean and tight and the illustrated slipcase presents beautifully.
Publisher: The Folio Society
Publication Year: 2012
Author: Saint Augustine
Title: City of God
Volumes: 2
Binding: Hardcover / Cloth
Slipcase: Original illustrated slipcase included
Language: English
Country: United Kingdom
Translator: Rev. Marcus Dods
Out-of-print Folio Society edition and a particularly attractive example for a collector.
