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Eusebius: (La vita el transito) 1487

Two North American copies. 658J. Eusebius -(275-339) (La vita el transito) Eusebius Cremonensis: Epistola de morte Hieronymi; Aurelius Augustinus, S: Epistola de magnificentiis Hieronymi; Cyrillus: De Miraculis Hieronymi). [Venice, Hannibal Foxius, 1 June 1487].               $7,000 Octavo 16.7x12cm. Signatures: a–i8. 72 leaves, 36 lines, Roman letter, rubricated with capital letters in red ink. Several annotations in ink and marginal notes, first leaf mounted, 5 leaves, small wormholes touching the letters on the front edge of 4 leaves, 2 intermediate margins reinforced with old paper strips, small worming marks on 4 leaves. – Bound in twentieth century quarter Morocco, with a spine label “Transito di San Gerolamo, Venetia, 1487” This collection... Continue Reading →

7 Incunabula, each know in fewer than 3 copies in the US.

1. 553Ji. Gérard de Vliederhoven.  Cordiale quattuor novissimorum. one copy Bryn Mawr 2. 453J. Diogenes Lærtius.Historiographi de philosophorum vita. one copy Harvard Radcliffe- Schlesinger Library. 3. 658J Eusebius. Epistola de morte Hieronymi . two copies. Walters Library & Huntington Library 4. 448J... Continue Reading →

Lives of church fathers in 1487, printed by Hannibal Foxius. Two North American copies.

658J. Eusebius - Only Two copies in the US (La vita el transito) Eusebius Cremonensis: Epistola de morte Hieronymi; Aurelius Augustinus, S: Epistola de magnificentiis Hieronymi; Cyrillus: De Miraculis Hieronymi). [Venice, Hannibal Foxius, 1 June 1487].               $7,000 Quarto  16.7x12cm. Signatures: a–i8. 72 leaves, 36 lines, Roman letter, rubricated with capital letters in red ink. Several annotations in ink and marginal notes, first leaf mounted, 5 leaves, small wormholes touching the letters on the front edge of 4 leaves, 2 intermediate margins reinforced with old paper strips, small worming marks on 4 leaves. – Bound in twentieth century quarter Morocco, with a spine label "Transito di San Gerolamo, Venetia, 1487" This collection of pseudonymous works... Continue Reading →

Lives of church fathers in 1487, printed by Hannibal Foxius. Two North American copies.

658J. Eusebius - Only Two copies in the US (La vita el transito) Eusebius Cremonensis: Epistola de morte Hieronymi; Aurelius Augustinus, S: Epistola de magnificentiis Hieronymi; Cyrillus: De Miraculis Hieronymi). [Venice, Hannibal Foxius, 1 June 1487].               $7,000 Octavo 16.7x12cm. Signatures: a–i8. 72 leaves, 36 lines, Roman letter, rubricated with capital letters in red ink. Several annotations in ink and marginal notes, first leaf mounted, 5 leaves, small wormholes touching the letters on the front edge of 4 leaves, 2 intermediate margins reinforced with old paper strips, small worming marks on 4 leaves. – Bound in twentieth century quarter Morocco, with a spine label "Transito di San Gerolamo, Venetia, 1487" This collection of pseudonymous works are... Continue Reading →

 SEVEN BOOKS AGAINST THE PAGANS.

OROSIUS' SEVEN BOOKS OF HISTORY AGAINST THE PAGANS  THE FIRST WORLD HISTORY BY A CHRISTIAN COMPLETED C. 418 CE. #277J Orosius, Paulus Orosius (385-420). Historiae adversus paganos, edited by Aeneas Vulpes. Scias velim humanissime lector: Aeneam Vulpem Vicentinum priorem sanctae crucis... Continue Reading →

Two copies 1475 & 1500 of OROSIUS’ SEVEN BOOKS OF HISTORY AGAINST THE PAGANS  THE FIRST WORLD HISTORY BY A CHRISTIAN COMPLETED C. 418 CE.

. 526J. Paulus Orosius (385-420). Pauli Orosii Viri Doctissimi Historiarum initium ad Aurelium Augustinum; Historiarum initium ad Aurelium Augustinum; Historiarum adversus paganos libri VII.         Venedig: Bernardinus de Vitalibus, 12.oct.1500          price $8,000 Folio 30 x 20 cm. Signatures: a-m⁶ n⁸ (a1 blank and... Continue Reading →

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