(ALFA and OMEGA). Sija s[via]taja i b[o]godochnovennaja kniga.

(ALFA and OMEGA). Sija s[via]taja i b[o]godochnovennaja kniga.

ALFA i OMEGA, typom izdana v Typografii jego Korolevskogo Vieliciestva Stanisława Augusta Vielikago korola Polskago, i Vielikogo Kniazia Litovskago. Vilnius 1786. (23 x 17.5 cm), p. [7], p. 302, Vignettes in woodcut, bound in period sc.
(Estr. T. 12). Printed in Cyrillic, Orthodox-Slavic, in black and red. The offered book consists of 90 chapters, contains translations of texts by ancient Greek, Byzantine, Syriac, Slavic authors and others, such as Cyril of Alexandria, John of Damascus, Ephrem the Syrian, Socrates Scholastic, Nicephoras Gregoras and others. Α and Ω - in the Christian religion is a symbol of the omnipotence of God Christ as the Creator and the One who completes everything. In Revelation, God says: I am Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End; to those suffering persecution, this phrase is meant to remind them that all is in God and to him belong the first and the last word. Traces of non-dampstain, notations on rear endpapers, stamps. Binding, board, period leather with embossing, scuffs and loss of leather on spine, buckle marks. Good condition. . Estreicher does not locate any pieces, rare.