Saint Augustines Confessions Translated.

AUGUSTINE, Saint.

Item Number: 119330

London: Printed by John Norton, for John Partridge, 1631.

Rare early edition of this English translation of his classic work. 12 mo. bound in half calf over red cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Translated and with an introduction by William Watts. In very good condition. Rare and desirable.

"The Confessions is the first great autobiography in which personal confession and revelations are linked with the spirit of Christian piety and devotion. It was written soon after Augustine became Bishop of Hippo in 397, and none of his other writings, apart from The City of God, has been more universally read or admired. Its strength of thought and confession of weakness have been a constant support to Christians ever since" (Printing and the Mind of Man).