Opera. De divinis institutionibus libri septem; De Ira dei; et Opificio hominis cum Epithomon eiusdem.

1493. (INCUNABLE). LACTANTIUS, Lucius Caecilius Firmianus

About this Item

Venice, Vincentius Benalius, dated in the colophon March 22, 1493. 30 x 21 cm. Early 19th century vellum with old marks of the University of Leiden. 139 leaves (first blank missing). Capital spaces with guide letters. Roman type with some sprinklings of Greek. At the beginning a handwritten register of words for this Lactantius. At the end part of a written register extracted from Cassius Dio. On the first text page a stamp of Leiden University signifies that the book was sold, signed by W.N. du Rieu, Leyden Librarian 1880-1897. Marginal notes in old hands (mainly in one hand, the same as the author of the registers). Some old page numbers partly cut off, in the beginning some stains. An austerely elegant incunable, discarded in the 19th century from Leiden University, with alphabetical registers and learned manuscript notes probably from the 16th century. 135 complete copies in ISTC. Goff L-11.

Seller Inventory # 268885

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Opera. De divinis institutionibus libri septem; De Ira dei; et Opificio hominis cum Epithomon eiusdem.
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • 15th century - Incunabula
  • Old and Rare
  • Italy-Italian-Italië