Live auction - Lot 1090
De ciuitate Dei libri XXII., veterum exemplarium collatione nunc demum castigatissimi facti […] Lodovici Vivis commentariis illustrati […].
[Geneva], J. Stoer, 1622
€ 250 / 300
Lot description
8vo: 739-[53] pp. (cut very short occ. shaving headlines or marginalia, some toning and spotting, a few sm. stains, a few reader’s marks.).
Contemp. sheep, spine with raised bands, red sp. edges (binding used and def.).
Extremely rare Geneva ed. of Augustinus’ opus magnum, together with Vives’ commentary (1st 1522). With the dedication to Henry VII of England. Title within elaborate woodcut border.
Ref. USTC 6700577 (1: Bern).