Live auction - Lot 768
De civitate Dei libri XXII. ad priscae venerandaeque uetustatis exemplaria denuo collati, eruditissimisque Commentariis per [...] Ioann(em) Lodouicum Viuem illustrati & recogniti. Accessit Index foecundissimus.
Basel, Froben Press (H. Froben & N. Episcopius), 1555
€ 250 / 350
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Lot description
Folio: 1398 cols, [24] ff. (sl. toned, title cut out mounted and underlaid, bottom margin sl. dampstained).
17th-c. vellum, flat spine titled in ink (lower fore-edge repaired, front joint starting to split). Good copy.
Repr. of Vives’ famous 1522 commentary on Augustine’s masterpiece, published as an additional volume to Vives’ 2-vol. 1555 "Opera omnia". Woodcut mark on title and at the end. Printed in 2 columns. Capital spaces with guide-letters. Ref. VD-16 A-4183. - STC German (BL). - Not in Adams, BnF, Limo, Opac KBR. Prov. Libr. stamp. - Mod. bookpl.