ΩΡΙΓΕΝΗΣ: ΚΑΤΑ ΚΕΛΣΟΥ, ΤΟΥ ΑΥΤΟΥ: ΦΙΛΟΚΑΛΙΑ, ORIGENIS: CONTRA CELSUS PHILOCALIA. CAMBRIDGE 1658 Second edition of the complete text of these two important works.Large Quarto contemporary full leather with few wear,spine gilt, head and bottom of spine cheeped,text in the original Greek with parallel Latin translation, text clean and bright,complete, overall in very good condition A landmark in the history of classical scholarship and the first truly modern critical edition of this work. It was published in Cambridge and edited by the English scholar William Spencer. Before Spencer’s work, Origen's Greek text was in a state of relative disarray. This edition brought several major improvements, Spencer meticulously compared the previous 1605 edition princeps by Hoeschel, against several manuscripts, including those in the Cambridge University Library and the Bodleian Library at Oxford. He corrected numerous errors in the Greek transcription. This edition is famous for including the Philocalia,an anthology of Origen’s writings compiled by Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen. This was the first time these two essential texts were presented together in such a rigorous scholarly format. Spencer provided also a new, clearer Latin translation to replace older versions that were often clumsy or inaccurate, making the complex philosophical arguments between the pagan Celsus and the Christian Origen easier to follow.It contains Spencer’s extensive scholarly notes, which are still cited by historians today for their insights into early Christian polemics. It is praised for its beautiful and clear Greek typeface, a hallmark of the Cambridge University Press during the mid-17th century.