Lactantius Firmianus: [Chrysostom, John:] [Valla, Lorenzo:] [Philippus:] [Tertullian:] (Parrasio, Aulo Giano, ed.:)

Opera [.] Joan. Chry. De Eucha. quandam expositionem, et in eadem materiam Lau. Vall. sermonem [.] Phi. Adhortationem ad Theodo. et adversus gentes. Tertul. Apologetico.

      (sig. V2v:) [.] Venetiis [Venice], mira arte et diligentia Ioannis de Tridino cognomento Tacuini [.] 9 Nov. 1509. (dedication on verso of title-page dated 1510). - First edition thus. Folio, 194 leaves ([i] CLIII ‘CLX’ ‘CLXIIII’ CLV-CLIX XXII [xi]). With index bound at end. Second leaf with running title and large woodcut ornamental initial in red. Title-page with words in two sizes of type-face and woodcut vignette of John the Baptist. Title-page rehinged. Bound in contemporary limp vellum, some wear and tear, large part of the spine renewed. Cased in a box of yellow cloth, green morocco gilt label. Post-incunable edition of a collection mostly of early Christian writings, containing the first edition of Lactantius (c.240-c.320) by the literary scholar Aulo Giano Parrasio (1490-1534). Parrasio’s version was used for the Aldine edition of Lactantius (1515), and was reprinted a number of times subsequently in the sixteenth century. CNCE 34788. Graesse IV 66. Not in Adams or Schweiger. For collation, see the online description of the British Library copy (480.f.18). [Attributes: Hard Cover]