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    EPIPHANIUS
    Bishop of Constantia. Contra octoaginta haereses opus
    Saint
    EPIPHANIUS
    Bishop of Constantia. Contra octoaginta haereses opus
    Saint

    Lot 26. EPIPHANIUS, Saint, Bishop of Constantia.

    Contra octoaginta haereses opus,

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    Contra octoaginta haereses opus, 97703
    pannarium, siue arcula, aut capsula Medica appellatum, continens libros tres, & tomos siue sectiones ex toto septem.
    Paris, Sub signo hominis Silvestris Via ad D. Iacobum, March 1544.

    One of perhaps three editions printed around this time; the only copy of this edition we could locate in British institutional holdings is that in the Cambridge University Library.

    Description

    Folio in eights, 320 x 200 mm., [6],392,[1],[8], woodcut initials, 17th century ownership inscription, underlinings and occasional marginalia in ink, title dust-soiled and browned at edges with some chipping and one corner clipped, scattered staining heavy in places, a few worm holes and tracks with minor loss to text in a few places, rebound in modern calf-backed marbled boards.

    Provenance: Ownership inscription of one of the Paston family of Norfolk.

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