![EUSEBIUS CAESARIENSIS (c.260-c.340). Historia ecclesiastica, translated from Greek into Latin and continued by Tyrannius Rufinus (c.345-411). Mantua: Johannes Schallus, [not before 15] July 1479.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2004/CSK/2004_CSK_05509_0066_000(091244).jpg?w=1)
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EUSEBIUS CAESARIENSIS (c.260-c.340). Historia ecclesiastica, translated from Greek into Latin and continued by Tyrannius Rufinus (c.345-411). Mantua: Johannes Schallus, [not before 15] July 1479.
Chancery 2° (289 x 190mm). Roman type, initial spaces, most with guide-letter, flourished Lombard initials, rubricated. (Without final blank, repairs to gutters affecting a few initial flourishes, occasional light soiling.) 19th-century vellum boards. Provenance: some 16th-century marginalia (cropped) and headlines -- John Wickham Legg (1886 inscription) -- Eric Sexton (bookplate; sale Christie's, New York, 8 April 1981, lot 98) -- Ned J. Nakles (sale Christie's New York, 17 April 2000, lot 147).
Fourth edition, the second printed in Italy, and one of only a handful of books printed by Schallus at Mantua between 1475 and 1479. H 6711; BMC VII, 933; GW 9436; Goff E-127.
Chancery 2° (289 x 190mm). Roman type, initial spaces, most with guide-letter, flourished Lombard initials, rubricated. (Without final blank, repairs to gutters affecting a few initial flourishes, occasional light soiling.) 19th-century vellum boards. Provenance: some 16th-century marginalia (cropped) and headlines -- John Wickham Legg (1886 inscription) -- Eric Sexton (bookplate; sale Christie's, New York, 8 April 1981, lot 98) -- Ned J. Nakles (sale Christie's New York, 17 April 2000, lot 147).
Fourth edition, the second printed in Italy, and one of only a handful of books printed by Schallus at Mantua between 1475 and 1479. H 6711; BMC VII, 933; GW 9436; Goff E-127.
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