Divinae Institutiones – Lactantius – 1474 | Roma Incunable, Han & Cardella

Divinae Institutiones is a 1474 incunable printing of the works of Lactantius. Printed in Rome by Ulrich Han, this work is one of the earliest printed editions of Lactantius; the sixth overall edition of his work! This edition was collected and edited by Angelo Sabino and includes writings such as De Ira Dei and De Opificio Dei.

This example is lacking numerous leaves and much of the first thirty leaves have trimmed margins, while the remaining leaves have clean, generous margins.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Johannis Andreę Episcopi Alerieñ ad Paulum II. Venetum Pont. Max. epistola
• Author(s): Lucius Coelius Firmianus Lactantius
• Contributor(s): Angelo Sabino (Editor)
• Publisher: Roma, Ulrich Han, Simon Cardella
• Edition: 1474. 6^th overall edition; 2^nd Rome edition
  • Note on dating: the dating is corroborated by the USTC for this particular example.
• Format: Folio, single volume
• Binding: Full leather
• Size:  13.5 in × 9.5 in (34 cm × 23 cm)
• Collation: 168 leaves (of 257)
• Contents Include:
  • Johannis Andreę Episcopi Alerieñ ad Paulum II. Venetum Pont. Max. epistola
  • Divinae Institutiones
  • De Ira Dei
  • De Opificio Dei
• Reference(s): Hain/Copinger 9811; GW M16537; Goff L6; BMC IV, 24

Condition:

Very Good. Full, modern leather rebinding, professionally restored with tooled leather. Early pages with border cut away, though no loss of text to those leaves.

Why Collect This?

• Recorded Roman incunable from 1474 by Ulrich Han and Simon Cardella
• Contains multiple significant works of Lactantius in Latin
• Early printed theology from one of the first presses in Rome

Item Number: #29164