Divinarum institutionum libri septem [...].

8vo: 620-[52] pp.

Cont. blind-stamped pigskin over wood, orn. covers with fillets and roll-stamps (one with portraits), spine on raised bands, clasps and catches.

Main work of the early Christian author Lactantius (240-320), an apologetic treatise against pagan beliefs. Latin translations of Greek words or sentences by Markos Mousouros (c. 1470-1517), Greek scholar and philospher, at the end. Ornamental initials. Marks of S. Gryphe on title and verso of last f. Ref. SvGültlingen (Gryphius) 633 = Baudrier VIII:148. - Adams L-24. - Not in STC French.