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Very Good - Text in roman and italic types with woodcut initials and headpieces; title within an elaborate architectural woodcut border bearing the printer’s device of Jean de Tournes. Pages ruled in black; shoulder notes and running titles throughout. Index of principal matters at rear.
8vo (or small 12mo), A–Z⁸, Aa–Cc⁸, Dd⁴ = [476 leaves]. [16], 460, [8] pp. (the preliminary leaves including title, dedicatory epistle, and contents).
Second de Tournes Edition (following the 1571 issue);
One of the later 16th-century standard humanist editions of Lactantius, based on the Gryphius text but newly corrected and elegantly printed in small octavo format.
Binding sound and attractive, light rubbing to extremities, contents clean and crisp, a few faint spots; overall a very good copy.
Adams L 9 · USTC 142911 · BM Lyon, p. 316 · Graesse IV, 70 · Renouard, Annales de l’imprimerie des de Tournes, no. 232 Please see photos as part of condition report
