Oecumenius and Arethas Caesariensis, Expositiones antiquae, Verona, 1532, old French red morocco

Oecumenius and Arethas Caesariensis

Εξηγησις παλαιαι και λιανωφελιμοι βραχυλογιαν τε και σαφηνειαν... Expositiones antiquae… ex diversis sanctorum patrum commentariis ab Oecumenio & Aretha collectae in hosce Novi Testamenti tractactus. Verona: (Stefano Nicolini da Sabbio and brothers, February) 1532

folio (334 x 220mm.), red printing at start of text, woodcut headpieces and initials, with blank leaves ζ6, μ7-8, υ2 and ττ10 and Β10, seventeenth-century French red morocco gilt, spine gilt in compartments, gilt edges, quire β damaged and crudely repaired with some loss, ζ3-4, 7-8 damaged and repaired, ω2 damaged with loss, occasional light staining, extremities rubbed, lower cover somewhat scraped, spine chipped; sold not subject to return

An early edition of Oecumenius's commentary on the Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles, and Revelation, containing substantial extracts from the early Church Fathers and Photius.

LITERATURE

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PROVENANCE

extract from a French sale catalogue pasted to final blank