EUSEBIO DI CESAREA (ca. 265-340) - De Evangelica praeparatione. Venice: Bernardino Benali, 1497.   Fifth edition of the work, but the first to come out of Benali's press, of which the printer's device is present at end depicting Saint Jerome with a book and achurch in his lap.   Folio (295 x 200mm). Printer's device at the end (title with large tear at lower half without loss of text either on recto or verso, restoration to lower corner throughout with losses at the beginning of the volume which gradually decrease, some light foxing and staining). 18th-century vellum, gilt title on spine, marbled endpapers (heavy loss on spine, extremities rubbed). Provenance: some early annotations especially in the second half.

Estimate € 400 - 600

Sold € 1,300