Shelfmark
Fe.3.07
Author
Basil, approximately 329 - 379 Saint, Bishop of Caesarea,
Collective uniform title
Works. Greek. 1551.
Title
Hapanta ta tou theiou kai megalou kaloumenou Basileiou, tes en te Kappadokia Kaisareias archiepiskopou. = Divi Basilii magni opera Græca quae ad nos extant omnia.
Varying form of title
Parallel title: Divi Basilii magni opera Graeca quae ad nos extant omnia.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Basileae, : Froben, MDLI [1551].
Physical description
[8], 698, [2] p. ; 33 cm. (fol.)
Note
Error in pagination: 20 instead of 120.
Note
Signatures: [alpha]4 a-z6 A-Z6 Aa-Ll6 Mm8.
Note
Name of printer at both sides of woodcut printer's device on title-page preceding the imprint place and date, and on verso of last leaf (Mm8).
Note
First part of title transliterated from Greek.
Note
Four sets of initials throughout; type, strapwork, floreated, and woodcut; strapwork head-pieces, some dated 1545.
Note
First edition of the complete Greek works of St. Basil. Some had appeared at Basel in 1532 and Venice in 1535.
Note
Edited by Janus Cornarius, who introduced Froben to the Greek Aldines.
Note
Colophon (leaf Mm8 recto): Etypothe houtos Basileios en te episemo elbetion polei basileia par' Hieronymo Phrobenio kai Nikolao Episkopio etei st theogonias aphya. En te tod selidi pleonaze prooimion, ou arche Epeide theou chariti.
Citation/references note
Adams, B331.
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on verso of title-page.
Provenance
Note in ECL card catalogue: "Purchased".
Binding
Late 16th or early 17th-century brown calf binding; triple blind fillet borders; oxidised silver Eton arms on boards; six raised bands; later morocco spine-label in second compartment; chain mark and holes on upper board; traces of clasps and leather joint; red edges.
Copy-specific note
Previously: Ea.3.05
Subject
Theology History Early church, ca. 30-600.
Subject
Theology Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Froben, Hieronymus, 1501 - 1563 printer.
Added entry--name
Episcopius, Nicolaus, 1501 - 1564 printer.
Added entry--name
Cornarius, Janus, 1500 - 1558 editor.
Added entry--name
Officina Frobeniana printer.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Basel.
Identifier
B32155