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AUGUSTINUS, Aurelius (St., 354-430). De civitate Dei. Commentary by Thomas Waleys and Nicolaus Trivet. Basel: Johann Amerbach, 13 February 1489. [Bound with:] AUGUSTINUS, Aurelius. De trinitate Dei. Basel: Johann Amerbach, 1489.
Two works in one volume, super-chancery 2° (305 x 205mm). De civitate: Gothic types. Opening major initials in blue, red and green decoration, minor initials, paragraph marks and capital strokes in red. De trinitate: Gothic and Greek types. Rubricated. (De Civitate with title-page in facsimile (with large woodcut), some soiling and repairs to first and last leaves, an occasional light stain.) 20th-century tan morocco-backed vellum boards by G.P. Gray and Co, Cambridge, spine lettered (lightly soiled). Provenance: a few marginal annotations in an early hand -- Henry Bellingham (d. ?1650, inscription on a2r) -- Philip Worsley Wood, 1913 (bookplate)- - André Himpe (De Gulden Passer 2003, no. 12).
THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL WORK by St Augustine of Hippo, composed shortly after the sacking of Rome by the Visigoths in 410. HC 2064 and 2037; GW 2887 and 2926; BMC III 751; BSB-Ink A-861 and A-877; Bod-inc A-529; Goff A1243 and A1343.
Two works in one volume, super-chancery 2° (305 x 205mm). De civitate: Gothic types. Opening major initials in blue, red and green decoration, minor initials, paragraph marks and capital strokes in red. De trinitate: Gothic and Greek types. Rubricated. (De Civitate with title-page in facsimile (with large woodcut), some soiling and repairs to first and last leaves, an occasional light stain.) 20th-century tan morocco-backed vellum boards by G.P. Gray and Co, Cambridge, spine lettered (lightly soiled). Provenance: a few marginal annotations in an early hand -- Henry Bellingham (d. ?1650, inscription on a2r) -- Philip Worsley Wood, 1913 (bookplate)- - André Himpe (De Gulden Passer 2003, no. 12).
THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL WORK by St Augustine of Hippo, composed shortly after the sacking of Rome by the Visigoths in 410. HC 2064 and 2037; GW 2887 and 2926; BMC III 751; BSB-Ink A-861 and A-877; Bod-inc A-529; Goff A1243 and A1343.