Eusebii pamphili historiae ecclesiasticae von caesarea eusebius (6 Ergebnisse)

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First Edition. Very good copy in later, early 20th century binding of full aniline calf over bevelled boards. Gilt-blocked title. Raised bands with blind-tooled double cross-bands. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges, with some very light surface marks and stains, mainly to back panel. Marginal shadow staining evident to leaves of final register (pp.130-185). Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Lacks title and prelims - commences at p.1. - and final leaves which included a woodcut emblem. Scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Description: 116, [1 blank], 117 - 353, 1 - 181 [182 - 185]p. , with register and colophon on verso of last leaf of text ; 34cm. Text printed entirely in Greek, notable for being the first use of Claude Garamond's font. Printed in Claude Garamond's "Grec du roi" type (second size) with decorations and initials designed by Geoffroy Tory. Summary: Eusebius of Caesarea (c. 263-339) wrote the first and most complete history of the Christian church, completed in 324 or 325. Its historical significance, both for Christianity and the western world, derives from the uniqueness of his material. In many instances, our knowledge of important religious and historical figures comes from the pages of this seminal title. Subjects: Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 - Sources. Claude Garamond (ca. 1490 - 1561) - Typefaces / Type - Garamond - Type design - Typography - History - Early works to 1800. Referenced by: Adams, E1093. Referenced by: Renouard, A. A. Annales de l'imprimerie des Estienne, 59, no.11. Referenced by: Schreiber, F. The Estiennes, 77. Language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453). 3 Kg.…

First Edition. First edition of Eusebius's complete works, a collection of Greek writings on the early Church, written by Eusebius between 300-325 AD with continuations into the 5th century by Sozmen, Socrates (of Constantinople) and Theodoret, and the debut in print of the Grecs du roi typeface designed by Claude Garamond. Folio, 2 parts in 1, ff. [4], 353 [i.e. 362], 181, [5] leaves (including the final blank); collating: **? A-X? Y-3E? 3F? 3G?, 2A-3H?, P5; printer's woodcut basilisk device on title page and olive tree on verso of penultimate leaf, 47 large (9-line) woodcut initials, 7 woodcut headpieces; 18th-century full calf, double gilt rule on covers, gilt-paneled spine in 6 compartments, black leather labels lettered in gilt in 2; upper joint cracked, spine lightly chipped at the extremities, several minor worm holes in the blank fore-margins of the first third of the text; a very good, clean copy, Bookplate of William Markham, Esq. (1760-1815, private secretary to Warren Hastings), Becca Lodge, Yorkshire. The most famous of all Greek types, known as the Grecs du roi or the Royal Greek Types, owe their origin to the scheme of Francis I to encourage Hellenic learning by making available in print Greek manuscripts in the French Royal Library. Conrad Neobar, who was the first to hold the official title "King's Printer in Greek," died in 1540 and was succeeded by Robert Estienne. In 1541, a Treasury grant was made to Estienne to obtain punches for a Greek font, which resulted in the Royal Greek Types. They were executed by Claude Garamond and were based on the calligraphy of the Cretan Angelo Vergecio, a copyist and cataloguer of the Royal manuscripts. The first book to be printed entirely in the new types was the Eusebius of 1544. Originally, it was intended to be cut only one size, the great primer, but a smaller and larger were soon prepared. Paradoxically, the enormous success of the new types had unfortunate consequences. They virtually arrested any development in Greek typography for the next two hundred years. To imitate the involved cursive hand of Vergecio, an enormous number of ligatures and contractions were required, and by no means all subsequent users of the types or their derivatives achieved the brilliant effect of Estienne's productions. The Eusebius is outstanding not only for its typographical importance and magnificence but, according to Updike, also for containing the most brilliant impression of the beautiful initials and headpieces which are based on the illuminated decorations with which Vergecio embellished his texts. "Harwood calls this "the purest edi-tion of Eusebius, and very valuable for the honesty of good old Robert Stephen." It is also a volume of very considera-ble beauty of typographichal execution; and I recommend its purchase to all critical theological collectors. I have seen it in an uncut state" (Dibdin). Adams E-1903; Mortimer, French, 219; Schreiber, 77; Dibdin, Greek & Latin Classics (4th ed.), I, p. 195; Printing and the Mind of Man (exhibition catalogue) no. 3. Updike I, pp. 237-8.…