Live auction - Lot 820
[Church Fathers]
Primus [- secundus] tomus operum Origenis Adamantij, complectens post hanc tabula[m] generalem explicanda.
Paris, J. Petit et J. Badius Ascensius, 1512 (approb.)
€ 150 / 250
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Lot description
2 parts (of 4) in 1 vol., folio: [44]-cxc-[1 bl.], [2]-clvii ff. (hole in title touching the central woodcut, some marginal dampstaining, tear in &iiii touching the text in the 2nd col.).
Half cloth binding, fore-edge titled.
First two parts only of the first edition of the translation of this early postincunable of the works of the Greek Church Father Origenes (184-253/4). Title in red & black within an engraved architectural frame. Printed in two col.
Ref. Renouard (Badius) III:95. - Adams O:279. - Machiels O:87. - Pettegree FB 81078, 81082. - Not in STC French.
Prov. Stamp on title.