(Religion, Bible) - Philo Alexandrinus.- Lucubrationes omnes quotquot haberi potuerunt [...]. Basileae [Bâle], (apud Nicolaum Episcopium juniorem), 1554. In-f° : [8]-651-[25] pp. (handwritten provenance on title-page, small wormhole in first pages,...
Estimation :
200 / 250
Adjudication :
260 €
Description
light marginal dampstain on last index pages). Contemporary binding : calf, boards decorated with blind tooled frames, gilt stamped ribbed spine with title label (soiled, clasps lacking, wormholes in the lower part of the 17th Cent. spine). First edition of the translation from the Greek by the scholar Sigmund Gelen (Prague 1497-1554) of this collection of biblical commentaries by Philo of Alexandria (c. 25 BC-c. 45), a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher. Contains essays on the life of Moses, Abraham's journeys, Cherubs, etc. Nice typography with historiated initials after Hans Holbein as used in the Plinius editions published by Episcopius. Printer's mark on the title-page and on the last page. # Adams P-1026; # Soltész P-465; # VD16 P-2461 ; # USTC 683923; # Biogr. univ. XXXIII-138/140; # Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche VIII-242/244; # not in Machiels. ^ Édition originale de la traduction des commentaires bibliques par le philosophe juif helléniste Philon d'Alexandrie. Agrémentée de lettrines historiées d'après Holbein. Plein veau de l'ép. (pet. défauts, dos refait au 1 7e s.).
