Saint Denys l'Areopagite Eveque d'Athenes et de Paris, patron de la France

Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1889. First edition. Three quarter red morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt rules, raised bands, six compartments heavily decorated in gilt, top edge gilt. Boards and edges rubbed with a few small scuffs to paper, otherwise a very good+ copy with fine leaves but for some age-darkening at the edges.. xiv, 554 pp. Illus. with 1 chromolithograph, 1 etching, and 168 b/w gravures. 4to (29.5 cm). Examination of the life and works of 5th c. theologian and mystic. In French.