Lot 240
Church history.- Eusebius Caesariensis. Historia ecclesiastica, translated by Rufinus Aquileiensis, Mantua, Johannes Schallus, 1479.
Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000
Description
Church history.- Eusebius Caesariensis. Historia ecclesiastica, translated by Rufinus Aquileiensis, collation: [a-s8 t-y6.8], 171 ff. (of 172, lacking final blank), 34 lines, Roman type, initial spaces with guide-letters, various later ink inscriptions to recto of [a1], later ink ms. foliation, headlines and signature marks, [a1] lower margin repaired, small repair to lower margin of [a2], the odd very small wormhole in text or margins, first couple of ff. soiled, some spotting or mostly light staining, modern binding using old vellum, small repair to lower cover, little stained, small folio (257 x 170mm.), Mantua, Johannes Schallus, [not before 15] July, 1479.
⁂ Fourth edition of this important source for the history of Christianity. It is dedicated by Schallus to Federigo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. It is one of possibly only seven works from this press.
Literature: BMC VII, 933; Goff E-127; HC 6711; GW 9437; Bod-inc E-044; BSB-Ink E-112; ISTC ie00127000.
Description
Church history.- Eusebius Caesariensis. Historia ecclesiastica, translated by Rufinus Aquileiensis, collation: [a-s8 t-y6.8], 171 ff. (of 172, lacking final blank), 34 lines, Roman type, initial spaces with guide-letters, various later ink inscriptions to recto of [a1], later ink ms. foliation, headlines and signature marks, [a1] lower margin repaired, small repair to lower margin of [a2], the odd very small wormhole in text or margins, first couple of ff. soiled, some spotting or mostly light staining, modern binding using old vellum, small repair to lower cover, little stained, small folio (257 x 170mm.), Mantua, Johannes Schallus, [not before 15] July, 1479.
⁂ Fourth edition of this important source for the history of Christianity. It is dedicated by Schallus to Federigo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. It is one of possibly only seven works from this press.
Literature: BMC VII, 933; Goff E-127; HC 6711; GW 9437; Bod-inc E-044; BSB-Ink E-112; ISTC ie00127000.