AUGUSTIN (Saint). De la Cité de Dieu. Paris, Nicolas Bruslé for Nicolas Chesneau, 1570. 2 parts in one folio volume, limp vellum, title in ink on the spine (contemporary binding). First edition of the important French translation by Gentien Hervet (1499-1584), from Olivet near Orléans, canon of Reims, enriched with commentaries by Jean Louis Vivès (1492-1540). Printer's mark on title. Binding detached and worn, marginal spotting. USTC 14217 - Jean Balsamo, "1570: une année augustinienne...", in H. Daussy et al, 1570. Le Mariage des arts au cœur des guerres de religion, H. Champion, 2019, pp. 213-226.