Lot 958
958
EUSEBIUS CAESARIENSIS. Chronicon id est temporum breviarium incipit foeliciter. (Venice, E. Ratdolt, 1483). 179 lvs. 18th c. cf., spine w. raised bands, gold ruling & red label, sides ruled in gold, a.e.r. (Spine slightly cracked, joints skillfully repaired, annots. in an old hand in margins on n3 v°, n4 r°, r5 v°, parts paginated in manuscript on r°: e1-e8, k8-r8, s8-t1, water stain in upper margin around e1-e8, some smudges but generally clean & fresh).
This edition is notable for the crisp printing in red and black, with ruled lines for the columns. Translation by Hieronimus of Eusebius' lost Greek original, with additions by (a.o.) Matthias Palmerius Pisanus (up to the year 1481). Contains the third mention of Gutenbergs invention of print in print (see year 1457). Collation: §11, a2-8, b-v8, x9. Lacks the blanks: §12, a1 and x10. - ISTC ie0017000; Hain-C. 6717; Hoffmann II, 108; GW 9433; Goff E117.€ 3600
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