L. Coelii Lactantii Firmiani divinarum institutionum Libri septem [bound with:]Tertullianus [Apologeticum] Lactantius.
Aldine, 1515.
Thick 12mo, (16 leaves) +346 + (15) + 48 leaves, rubricated edges. Tiny worm holes on top of first 7 leaves. Very little early small handwriting in margins and underlining. Printer's device on title of Lactantius and the title and verso of colophon of Tertullian. Full early vellum with manuscript title on spine, dust soiled. Venice, 1515. First Aldine Edition. Very good(+).
Sixteenth-century Aldine printing of the early Christian authors Lactantius and Tertullian. This volume includes the De Ira Dei, a treatise against the Stoics and Epicureans, the De Opificio Die, written during Diocletian's persecution of the Roman Christians, as well as the Divine Institutes, Lactantius' most important work. It concludes with a interpretive Greek to Latin dictionary of commonly-used Lactantian phrases, printed in both the Roman and Greek alphabets. The Lactantius is bound with another Aldine classic, Tertullian's Apologeticum, an apologetic work on behalf of the persecuted Christians of the early Roman Empire. Some contemporary marginal annotations, those
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good(+)
Language: Latin
Price: $3,500.00
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