Liber historie ecclesiastice Eusebii Cesarie[n]sis qua[m] beat[us] Ruffinus presbiter de greco in latinu[m] tra[n]stulit incipit..
Eusebius,of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea,approximately 260-approximately 340.
Rufinus,of Aquileia,345-410.
Lignamine, Johannes Philippus de,1420-printer.
Hamilton, Gavin,1703-1767,bookseller.StEdNL
[Rome : Joannes Philippus de Lignamine,
15 May 1476]
Title from caption at head of recto of leaf [a]4.
Imprint date and place of publication from colophon which reads: Millesimo. CCCC. LXXVI. Die. X.V. Maii. P. M. Sixti quarti. Anno eius Quinto completu[m] est hoc opus Rome. Printer from ISTC.
Issued first with a dedicatory letter to Sixtus IV, later with one to Cardinal d'Estouteville.
Signatures: [a-m¹⁰ n¹² o¹⁰ p⁸ q-y¹⁰]
With an initial blank leaf.
With manuscript annotations, foliation and head lines.
Initials and paragraph marks supplied in red or blue. First initial in each book and those on leaves [a2] and [a]4 are illuminated. Recto of leaf [a]4 has illuminated and coloured border.
Hain-Cop.
Goff
GW
ISTC
BM 15th cent.,
Pell
Proctor
Lists of fifteenth century books in Edinburgh libraries,
Hillyard, B. Acquisitions of Incunables by the Advocates Library before 1808,
Bought by the Advocates Library at Gavin Hamilton's auction 13 February 1738 for £0-13-6.
Old parchment over boards.
Church history
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