[Hapanta ta tou theiou kai megallou kaloumenou Basileiou tes en tēi kappadokíai kaisareiás archiepiscopou] = Divi Basilii magni opera Graeca quae ad nos extant omnia.

Accession number: 
PML 38069
Author: 
Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379.
Published: 
Basel : Hieronymus Froben & Nicolaus Episcopius, 1551.
Credit: 
Gift of Roland L. Redmond, 1944.
Description: 
[8], 698, [2] p. ; 33 cm
Notes: 

HIGH RESERVE; for bindings study only.
Title transliterated from Greek.
[Etypothē houtos Basileios en tē episēmo elketiōn polei basileia par' Hierōnymō Phrobeniō kai Nikalaō Episkopiō etei st theogonias aphya. En tē tod selidi pleonazē prooimion, ou archē Epeidē theou chariti.]--Colophon.

Binding: 
Contemporary calf, gilt, with the initials A.B. stamped in gold on both covers, gilt and gauffered edges, by Thomas Berthelet; in blue buckskin clamshell box.
Inscriptions/Markings: 

Ms. inscriptions by Lady Ann Bacon and Sir Nicholas Bacon in Greek and Latin; one concerns the birth of Susan Bacon.

Variant Title: 

Divi Basilii magni opera Graeca quae ad nos extant omnia

Provenance: 
With the initials A.B. stamped in gold on both covers; inscriptions by Lady Ann Bacon and Sir Nicholas Bacon; bookstamp of Thomas Baker; bookplate of Roland Redmond.
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Classification: 
Binding Collection
Genres: 
Annotations (Provenance)
Calf bindings (Binding)
Gold tooled bindings (Binding)
Gauffered edges (Binding)
Department: 
Printed Books