Divinarum Institutionum Libri Septem.

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Creator

Lactantius, Lucius Coelius.

Title

Divinarum Institutionum Libri Septem.

Publisher

Venice: Aldus Manutius and Andrea Torresani,

Date

April 1515.

Description

Aldus died on 6 February 1515, and his death was announced to the world in the preface to this edition of Lactantius. Giovanni Battista Egnatio (1478–1553), a frequent editor of Aldine editions and the executor of Aldus’s estate, opens his dedication with the phrase “We have recently suffered a grave wound …”

Source

From the collection of G. Scott Clemons.