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EUSEBIUS PAMPHILI, BISHOP OF CAESAEREA Ecclesiasticae historiae; Evangelicae praeparationis Lib XV, 1544; Evangelicae demonstrationis lib. X, 1545 [colophon dated 1 April, 1546], 3 works bound in 2 vol., FIRST EDITIONS, Paris, Robert Estienne image 1
EUSEBIUS PAMPHILI, BISHOP OF CAESAEREA Ecclesiasticae historiae; Evangelicae praeparationis Lib XV, 1544; Evangelicae demonstrationis lib. X, 1545 [colophon dated 1 April, 1546], 3 works bound in 2 vol., FIRST EDITIONS, Paris, Robert Estienne image 2
THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE KENNETH JOHN HEWETT

K.J. Hewett (1919-1994) was a renowned London dealer in ethnographic art and antiquities. Other books from his library were offered in these rooms on 21 March 2018.
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EUSEBIUS PAMPHILI, BISHOP OF CAESAEREA
Ecclesiasticae historiae; Evangelicae praeparationis Lib XV, 1544; Evangelicae demonstrationis lib. X, 1545 [colophon dated 1 April, 1546], 3 works bound in 2 vol., FIRST EDITIONS, Paris, Robert Estienne

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EUSEBIUS PAMPHILI, BISHOP OF CAESAEREA

Ecclesiasticae historiae; Evangelicae praeparationis Lib XV, 1544; Evangelicae demonstrationis lib. X, 1545 [colophon dated 1 April, 1546], 3 works bound in 2 vol., FIRST EDITIONS, titles in Greek and Latin, printed in Greek type ("Grecs du Roi"), printer's device on three titles and final verso of first and third works (as called for), large woodcut ornaments and initials designed by Geoffroy Tory, contemporary French (?Parisian) calf gilt, attributable to the "Pecking Crow" binder, covers panelled with single blind outer fillet border, inner border of with leafy-scrollwork roll and large fleur-de-lys corner-pieces, enclosing a lozenge with sprays at corners, four "rosettes" and a central ornament, spine in seven compartments decorated with rosette and ornamental sprig tools, rebacked preserving most of the original spine, g.e. [Adams E1093; E1082, E1087; Schreiber Estiennes, 77 and 78], folio (345 x 212mm.), Paris, Robert Estienne

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Three works by Eusebius printed in Greek, and the first appearance of Estienne's first "grecs du roi" font, which had been commissioned by Francois I from Claude Garamond for printing Greek books from unpublished manuscripts in the Royal Library.

Provenance: K.J. Hewett, bookplate.

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