FIRST EDITION EPIPHANIUS,

Saint. De XII. gemmis, quae erant in veste Aaronis. Greek text and Latin translation by Iolas Hierotarantinus on facing pages; edited by Conrad Gesner. [4], 28 leaves. Small 8vo, modern boards. Zurich, 1566 first edition of a treatise by a 4th-century A.D. church father on the 12 gems in the breastplate of the ancient Israelite high priest Aaron; extracted from Gesner's De omne rerum fossilium, a compilation of writings on geological and mineralogical subjects. Hoffmann II, 27; Sinkankas 1906 (apparently a title-page issue, dated 1565).