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OROSIUS, Paulus (fl. 414-417). Historiae adversos paganos, edited by Aeneas Vulpes. Venice: Christophorus de Pensis for Octavianus Scotus, 18 July 1499.
Chancery 2° (297 x 202mm). Roman type, woodcut initials. (Small wormholes at ends, a little light staining, first quire on guard and detaching from block.) ?18th-century flexible vellum, title lettered on spine. Provenance: The Bacon Society (ownership stamp) -- W T Smedley (bookplate) -- Charles Butler, Warren Wood, Hatfield (bookplate).
Fifth edition of Orosius's popular universal history. The mention of Scotus as the publisher is perhaps merely taken over from his 1483 edition, which is the archetype of this. HC *12103; BMC V 473; Polain(B) 2934; Goff O-100.
Chancery 2° (297 x 202mm). Roman type, woodcut initials. (Small wormholes at ends, a little light staining, first quire on guard and detaching from block.) ?18th-century flexible vellum, title lettered on spine. Provenance: The Bacon Society (ownership stamp) -- W T Smedley (bookplate) -- Charles Butler, Warren Wood, Hatfield (bookplate).
Fifth edition of Orosius's popular universal history. The mention of Scotus as the publisher is perhaps merely taken over from his 1483 edition, which is the archetype of this. HC *12103; BMC V 473; Polain(B) 2934; Goff O-100.
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