Lot 845
845
CLEMENS ALEXANDRINUS. Opera omnia (Graece). Ex Bibliotheca Medicea. (Florence, L. Torrentinus, 1550). 42, (2), 347 [recte 359] pp. W. ti. printed within woodcut border. Fol. Old vellum. (Skilfully rebacked w. use of old spine, new endpapers, stamps/scribbling on ti., lower outer corner of ti. rep., margins a bit stained in places).
Editio princeps of the works by the Christian theologian Clemens of Alexandria. The texts were edited by the Florentine humanist Pietro Vettori (1499-1585), on the basis, as he declares in his dedicatory epistle to the cardinal Marcello Cervini, of an ancient and authoritative manuscript owned at the time by Rodolfo Pio, Bishop of Carpi (possibly the Ms Gr. 126 now preserved in the Biblioteca Estense in Modena). - Adams C-2104; Dibdin I, 187-88: "This membranaceous treasure…".€ 1200
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