The Ante-Nicene Fathers- Translations of the Writings of the Fathers down to AD 325, the American reprint of the Edinburgh edition, revised and chronologically arranged, with brief prefaces and occasional notes, edited by Rev. Alexander Roberts (seven HC volumes: volumes 1-4, and 6-8, 1885, in rough condition, $30 for the set, which is 1/3 the internet price.)
From an add for the Edinburgh edition, "The Ante-Nicene Christian Library is meant to comprise translations into English of all the extant works of the Fathers down to the date of the first General Council held at Nice in AD 325."
Back in the 1840s Oxford put out its 48 volume Library of the Fathers. Many scholars were upset to find it leaning heavily toward a Roman Catholic interpretation. This was probably a valid concern, because at the time many important Anglicans were leaving the Church of England to become Roman Catholic priests and even bishops! Edinburgh decided to take matters into its own hands, and produced its own Ante-Nicene Christian Library. Buffalo's Christian Literature Publishing Company would publish the American version. Except for some reorganization, their version was almost the same as Edinburgh's.
We are missing volume V of the set, which apparently included translations of writings by Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius, and Novatian (whoever they were). This set is ex-library, and needs to be rebound, but the pages themselves, though darkened, are in good shape. Look for this set on the floor of the religion room in a box marked Ante-Nicene Fathers. Look for the first volume to be on top of the box, where you can check it out without having to move all the other boxes to get to the other volumes.
