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CLEMENT of Alexandria. Opera. Latin translation by Gentian Hervet and Ciriaco Strozzi. Florence: Lorenzo Torrentino, October 1551.
2° (400 x 260mm). With final blank K4 in part I. General title within large woodcut border, printer's device on part titles and at end of part I, woodcut initials. (Neat excision, repaired, from margin of title, occasional browning or spotting, wormtrack to D5.) Old limp vellum (soiled, inner hinges split). Provenance: early marginal notes; Michael Forbes Tweedie (inscriptions, one dated 1888); R.Fay (inscriptions, one dated 1930).
LARGE-PAPER COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE WORKS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA. The Protrepticus, a moralising discourse, and his pedagogical treatise were translated by Gentian Hervet; the Stromata, a collection of discourses on a variety of topics, by Strozzi. Aldus began the fashion for issuing large-paper copies, generally for presentation; Torrentino issued large-paper copies of most of his works, but all are rare on the market. Adams C-2105.
2° (400 x 260mm). With final blank K4 in part I. General title within large woodcut border, printer's device on part titles and at end of part I, woodcut initials. (Neat excision, repaired, from margin of title, occasional browning or spotting, wormtrack to D5.) Old limp vellum (soiled, inner hinges split). Provenance: early marginal notes; Michael Forbes Tweedie (inscriptions, one dated 1888); R.Fay (inscriptions, one dated 1930).
LARGE-PAPER COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE WORKS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA. The Protrepticus, a moralising discourse, and his pedagogical treatise were translated by Gentian Hervet; the Stromata, a collection of discourses on a variety of topics, by Strozzi. Aldus began the fashion for issuing large-paper copies, generally for presentation; Torrentino issued large-paper copies of most of his works, but all are rare on the market. Adams C-2105.