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EPIPHANIUS, Saint. Opera omnia . . . editio nova. 2 vols. 1682

EPIPHANIUS, Saint. Opera omnia . . . editio nova. Greek text with Latin translation by Denis Petau; edited by Jacobus Thomasius. [60], 1108, [30]; [4], 381, [13], [2], 464, 48, [60] pages, including half-title and engraved frontispiece portrait of Epiphanius. 2 volumes. Folio, contemporary vellum, spines darkened and discolored; contents toned; institutional bookplates. Cologne: Jeremias Schrey & Heinr. Joh. Meyer, 1682

  • Notes: Second collected edition, and first edited by Thomas, of the works of St. Epiphanius (315?-403), including his works on heresies; weights and measures; the gems on the breastplate of the High Priest in ancient Jerusalem; and a version of the medieval bestiary known as the Physiologus. Hoffmann II, 26; Sarton I, 300; Thorndike I, 497.
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