Eusebius Caesariensis - Eusebius Caesariensis. Opera, 2 Teile in einem Buch - 1549

Eusebius of Caesarea

Opera

Rare edition in 2 parts in one book, printed in Basel, published by Henricpetri, from the year 1549. Bound in a blind-stamped full leather binding of the period.

Collation: 16 unnumbered leaves, 766 (incorrect 469) pp., 1 un.; 2 un., 170 numbered leaves, with title border

VD 16 E 4261; Adams E 1071. – Edited and issued by Markus Hopper, edition of the works of Eusebius. With a beautiful title border by Hans Holbein (Basel Cat. 383).

CONDITION: A good and handsome copy with signs of use, good binding. Frontispiece with handwritten entries, title with erased ownership marks, beneath the border supplemented, adhesion extending into the illustration, and two further small lacunae. In both parts there are some moisture stains, at the fore edge and margins somewhat water-stained. Throughout, lightly worm-eaten. Binding worn, bumped, small holes in the front cover.