Justin Martyr (Saint) Opera [graece], editio princeps, Paris, Robert Estienne, 1551.

Justin Martyr (Saint) Opera [graece], collation: (*)4 a-t8 v6, Greek type, title with woodcut printer’s basilisk device, attractive woodcut head-pieces and historiated or decorative initials, very short tear to some lower margins, spotting or foxing, some marginal water-staining at start, lightly browned, hinges cracked but holding, later vellum, lower cover with central gilt English royal arms (George I or George II), those to upper cover obscured using an oval section from another binding with gilt floral decoration, stained, some soiling, little rubbed, folio (335 x 221mm.), Paris, Robert Estienne, 1551. *** A wide-margined copy of the editio princeps, which was edited from manuscripts in the Royal Library, and handsomely printed in the first font of the 'grecs du roi'. 'Les marges de ces éditions des Estienne sont généralement grandes et d'une disposition élégante.' (Renouard). Justin Martyr (c.100-c.165 A.D.), Christian apologist and philosopher. Provenance: gilt arms of George I or George II to binding; Rev. Patrick O'Farrell OFM, Catholic priest in Bristol (ink stamp to inside front cover dated 1831, and small ink stamp to title dated 1863); English Franciscans (ink stamp to verso of title). Literature: Adams J494; Mortimer French 335; Renouard 79:2; Schreiber 107.