Foyle copy.- Lactantius (Lucius Coelius Firmianus) Opera, edited by Johannes Andreas de Buxis, Bishop of Aleria, collation: a-f⁸ g⁶ h-k⁸ l⁶ m-o⁸ p¹⁴ q r⁸ s⁶ t⁴ (b¹ unsigned, b² signed b, &c.; sig. c mis-signed b), 139 ff. (of 148, lacking a^1-8 and [b¹]), 45 lines and headline, Roman and occasional Greek type, initial spaces with guide-letters, occasional early ink marginalia, small wormholes to final 6 quires, occasional spotting, some light browning, 18th century red morocco gilt, the spine richly so, spine in compartments and with a brown calf label (a second label missing), foot of spine and corners worn, upper joint splitting, but holding firm, rubbed and marked, lightly soiled, g.e., folio (296 x 203mm.), Venice, Theodorus de Ragazonibus, 21 April, 1390 [i.e. 1490].

⁂ The second edition edited by Bussi, and the tenth edition overall. Lactantius was advisor to Constantine I, and tutor to his son Crispus. It includes his poem on the phoenix.

Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, bought Sotheby's 16^th July, 1945, lot 509, £10 (burgundy morocco bookplate).

Literature: BMC V, 477; Goff L-10; HC 9815; Bod-inc L-O11; BSB-Ink L-9; GW M16563; ISTC il00010000.