[Rarebooks] FS: Important early ed. of the writings of St. Athanasius. Strasbourg: 1522

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Athanasius, Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria. OPERA... (Strasbourg: Johannes Knobloch. March, 1522). Folio. ff.(6),314,(10). With the final leaves of index. Title within a fine woodcut border with Biblical scenes. Ink inscription from a monastic library in 1639, at top of title. Large woodcut initials. Bound in orig. roll-tooled pigskin, lacking fore-edge clasps. Some soiling to the binding, but overall a very good, clean copy.    $2,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
Important scholarly early edition (only Paris 1519 and 1520 are earlier) of the collected writings in Latin of Saint Athanasius, one of the great early (4th century) Church fathers. Edited with commentary by Christophorus Persona, Angelo Poliziano, Johann Reuchlin and others. There is a preliminary essay by Erasmus on ff. 2-5, titled "Paraclesis ad Lectorum Pium," as well as a life of Athanasius by Erasmus on the final 20 folios. VD16 A3977; Adams A2080; BL German STC p. 49.

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