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OROSIUS, Paulus (385-420 AD). Historiae adversus paganos, edited by Aeneas Vulpes. [Vicenza]: Hermannus Liechtenstein, [c.1475].
Second edition of Orosius's universal history, written to counter the prevailing belief among non-Christians that disasters which had befallen civilisation were the result of the pagan gods, angry with worshippers turning to Christianity. H *12099; GW M28420; BMC VII 1035; Bod-inc O-027; BSB-Ink O-82; ISTC io00097000; Goff O-97.
Chancery folio (287 x 200mm). 100 leaves, large opening initial in green, red, blue, and yellow, with floral extensions in the margin, other initials in red, some in blue, initial spaces, most with guide letters, rubricated (a few leaves with minor wormholes in gutter). Late 19th-century library cloth. Provenance: M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Library; ownership and gift inscription. Bookplate of Rugby School Library.
Second edition of Orosius's universal history, written to counter the prevailing belief among non-Christians that disasters which had befallen civilisation were the result of the pagan gods, angry with worshippers turning to Christianity. H *12099; GW M28420; BMC VII 1035; Bod-inc O-027; BSB-Ink O-82; ISTC io00097000; Goff O-97.
Chancery folio (287 x 200mm). 100 leaves, large opening initial in green, red, blue, and yellow, with floral extensions in the margin, other initials in red, some in blue, initial spaces, most with guide letters, rubricated (a few leaves with minor wormholes in gutter). Late 19th-century library cloth. Provenance: M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Library; ownership and gift inscription. Bookplate of Rugby School Library.
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