Eusebius | Ecclesiasticae historiae, Paris, Robert Estienne, 1544, ruled in red, modern binding

Eusebius Caesariensis, Socrates, Theodoret and others

Εκκλησιαστικης ιστοριας... Ecclesiasticae historiae... Paris: Robert Estienne, 1544

folio (340 x 222mm.), ruled in red, modern binding of leather with a gilt greek key border, title-page foxed, lightly browned throughout

A volume containing important sources for the history of the late antique period, written by Eusebius in the 320s, with continuations into the fifth century by Sozomen, Socrates and Theodoret.

In the same year, Robert Estienne also printed Eusebius's works De evangelica praeparatione and De evangelica demostratione (see previous lot) in the same elegant Greek typefaces. The binding of this volume was made to match the binding of the companion volume.

LITERATURE

USTC 149157; Schreiber, Estienne 77

PROVENANCE:

Loverdos Collection, library stamp to rear free-endpaper