Lactantius (Lucius Coelius Firmianus) Opera, edited by
Lactantius (Lucius Coelius Firmianus) Opera, edited by Johannes Andreas de Buxis, Bishop of Aleria, collation: a-f8 g6 h-k8 l6 m-o8 p14 q r8 s6 t4 (b1 unsigned, b2 signed b, &c.), 148ff., the first blank, 45 lines and headline, Roman and some Greek type, initial spaces with guide-letters, initial blank little frayed and with repair to lower corner, a2 upper margin with ink inscription torn away and repaired (not affecting text), b2 upper margin trimmed, last f. little frayed at outer edge, a few small wormholes in text, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, early wooden boards with remains of leather and metal clasps, sympathetically rebacked in 20th century dark brown morocco, worming and little staining to boards, folio (313 x 207mm.), Venice, Theodorus de Ragazonibus, 21 April, 1390 [i.e. 1490].
⁂ Rare copy at auction of the second edition edited by Bussi, and the tenth edition overall. We can trace only three copies at auction since 1982, including the Pillone and Foyle copies. It includes his poem on the phoenix. Lactantius was advisor to Constantine I, and tutor to his son Crispus.
Literature: BMC V, 477; Goff L-10; HC 9815; Bod-inc L-O11; BSB-Ink L-9; GW M16563; ISTC il00010000.
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Lactantius (Lucius Coelius Firmianus) Opera, edited by Johannes Andreas de Buxis, Bishop of Aleria, collation: a-f8 g6 h-k8 l6 m-o8 p14 q r8 s6 t4 (b1 unsigned, b2 signed b, &c.), 148ff., the first blank, 45 lines and headline, Roman and some Greek type, initial spaces with guide-letters, initial blank little frayed and with repair to lower corner, a2 upper margin with ink inscription torn away and repaired (not affecting text), b2 upper margin trimmed, last f. little frayed at outer edge, a few small wormholes in text, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, early wooden boards with remains of leather and metal clasps, sympathetically rebacked in 20th century dark brown morocco, worming and little staining to boards, folio (313 x 207mm.), Venice, Theodorus de Ragazonibus, 21 April, 1390 [i.e. 1490].
⁂ Rare copy at auction of the second edition edited by Bussi, and the tenth edition overall. We can trace only three copies at auction since 1982, including the Pillone and Foyle copies. It includes his poem on the phoenix. Lactantius was advisor to Constantine I, and tutor to his son Crispus.
Literature: BMC V, 477; Goff L-10; HC 9815; Bod-inc L-O11; BSB-Ink L-9; GW M16563; ISTC il00010000.
