Opera Bedae Venerabilis Presbyteri Anglosaxonis (4 volumes)
Johannes Herwagen, 1563. 1st Edition. Pigskin binding. 4 Folio Volumes bound in contemporary full blind-tooled tawed-alum pigskin Clasps missing. Title within architectural border, with device of Johann Herwagen. Profusely illustrated with woodcut maps, Astronomy, music, tables, diagrams. Text in two columns; with Index. 4 vols. Folio. This is the first of three continental editions of the works of Bede, the others being from Cologne in 1612 and 1688. Johann Herwage, a printer originally from Strassburg, married the widow of the great Basel printer Johann Froben, and for a while collaborated with his stepson Hieronymus Froben. From 1532, however, he again started printing under his own name. Very Good. Item #5439
Price: $4,500.00