Eusebius, of Caesaria, & others. Ekklesiastikes istorias [graece]...Ecclesiasticae historiae..., Greek text, woodcut printer's basilisk device on title and olive tree on verso on otherwise blank leaf, woodcut decorative head-pieces and initials, with blank P5, 7pp. errata at end, title very lightly soiled and with a couple of ink spots, inscription cut away from outer margin (repaired), lacking front free endpaper, later calf with double gilt fillet, spine gilt with floral motifs, rubbed, spine worn at head, covers slightly splayed, [Adams E1093; Mortimer, Harvard French 219; Schreiber, Estienne 77], folio, Paris, Robert Estienne, 1544.
⁂ First edition of this important history of the early church and the first appearance of Garamond's beautiful 'grecs du roi' type.
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