Octavius – Marcus Minucius Felix – 1672 | Early Christian Latin Edition

Octavius is the only known work by 3^rd-century Roman scholar Marcus Minucius Felix. This work is a narrative dialogue between a Christian and a pagan. Much of this work was influenced by Cicero’s Nature of the Gods and was written to convince non-Christians to convert from their pagan ways.

This 1672 edition was published in Oxford and includes annotations and commentary by Jacob Ouzeli. This edition is notable for including Julii Firmici Materni…De Errore Profanarum Religionum; a letter addressed to the sons of Constantine regarding the errors of pagan religions by Julius Firmicus Maternus.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: M. Minucii Felicis Octavius cum integris omnium notis ac commentariis novaque recensione Jacobi Ouzali cujus & accedunt animadversiones”
• Author(s): Marcus Minucius Felix
• Contributor(s): Jacob Ouzali, commentary
• Publisher: Oxoni, Typis L. Lichfieid, impensis Ric. Davis
• Edition: 1672 edition
• Format: (8to), single volume
• Binding: Full leather
• Size:  8 in x 5 in (20.3 cm x 12.7 cm)
• Collation: [48], 352, 64, [30]
• Illustrations: Added engraved title page
• Contents Include:
  • Octavius by Marcus Minucius Felix
  • De Idolorum Vanitate by Cecilius Cyprianus
  • Notes and comparative readings by Nicolas Rigaultius
  • De Errore Profanarum Religionum by Julius Firmicus Maternus

Condition:

Very Good. The binding is secure. Covers show minor rubbing. Gilt spine remains intact. Interior is clean and complete. The engraved title is well preserved.

Why Collect This?

• Ouzel’s 1672 recension with full commentary
• Includes a separate Christian polemic by Firmicus Maternus

• Bound in decorative 17th-century full leather with gilt arms on front cover

Item Number: # 29122