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LACTANTIUS. BURNET, Gilbert. A relation of the death of the primitive persecutors. Written originally in Latin By L.C.F. Lactantius. Englished By Gilbert Burnet, D.D. To To which is prefixed a discourse on persecution.

Glasgow. Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1766.
18mo. 197pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-ruled speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Armorial bookplate with initials 'S.B.' to FEP, remnants of early circulating library label to verso of title.
A rare Foulis edition of an English translation of De Mortibus Persecutorum by early Roman Christian author Lactantius. Burnet completed the translation, which is prefaced with notes on the work, whilst exiled in Holland during the reign of James II, drawing parallels between the Latin study of the persecutors of fourth-century Christianity and contemporary Protestantism.

ESTC records copies at only two locations in the British Isles (NLS and Oxford), and none elsewhere.
ESTC T168646.
£ 375.00 Antiquates Ref: 25718