![EUSEBIUS Caesariensis (c.260-c.340). Historia ecclesiastica. Translated from Greek into Latin and with continuation by Tyrannius Rufinus (c.345-410). Mantua: Johannes Schallus, [not before 15] July 1479.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2000/CKS/2000_CKS_06348_0170_000(013032).jpg?w=1)
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EUSEBIUS Caesariensis (c.260-c.340). Historia ecclesiastica. Translated from Greek into Latin and with continuation by Tyrannius Rufinus (c.345-410). Mantua: Johannes Schallus, [not before 15] July 1479.
Chancery 2° (295 x 195mm). Collation: [18 2-188 19-226.8] (1/1r blank, 1/1v printer's dedication, 1/3r table, 2/1 text, 22/7v verse colophon, 22/8 blank). 171 (of 172, without final blank) leaves. 34 lines. Type: 3:111R. 2- to 6-line initial spaces, most with guide-letter, red initials supplied in a few leaves. (Very occasional light spotting or staining, short marginal tear in 2 leaves, small marginal wormhole in final leaf.) 18th-century red straight-grained morocco gilt, acanthus roll on sides, title, tooled in gilt on flat spine, aqua glazed endpapers (minor scuffing to extremities, 3 minor punctures on lower cover). Provenance: contemporary annotations in two hands; unlocated monastery of St. Mary (early inscription on 1/1v altered to read ?Montecassino); 'CDB, Debure no. 4392' (inscription on first blank); engraved armorial bookplate; Cuthbert Turner of Magdalen College, Oxford (flyleaf inscription recording its purchase in Paris, September 1919); John Waynflete Carter (1905-75, booklabel).
Fourth edition. The Historia ecclesiastica is the most important history of the church written in ancient times. It is particularly valuable as a source for the history of the early church and various early sects and movements; in many instances it is our only knowledge of figures and events dating from the first 3 centuries. This edition is one of only six books printed by Schall at Mantua. It was his last book, and it follows his other five editions after a hiatus of 4 years. HC *6711; BMC VII, 933 (IB. 30664-5); BSB E-112; GW 9436; IGI 3762; Goff E-127.
Chancery 2° (295 x 195mm). Collation: [1
Fourth edition. The Historia ecclesiastica is the most important history of the church written in ancient times. It is particularly valuable as a source for the history of the early church and various early sects and movements; in many instances it is our only knowledge of figures and events dating from the first 3 centuries. This edition is one of only six books printed by Schall at Mantua. It was his last book, and it follows his other five editions after a hiatus of 4 years. HC *6711; BMC VII, 933 (IB. 30664-5); BSB E-112; GW 9436; IGI 3762; Goff E-127.
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