L. CÅ"Lii Lactantii Firmiani Divinarum Institutionum Libri Septem. De Ira Dei, Liber I. De Opificio Dei, Liber I. Epitome In Libros Suos Liber Acephalos. PhÅ"Nix. Carmen De Dominica Resurrectione Lactantius [Lucius Caecilius Firmianus] Classical Literature

First Aldine edition, 8vo (6½" x 3¾"), [16], 376, [12] leaves; collating: aa-bb⁠a-z⁠A-Y⁠; numerous spaces with guide letters left for capitals; the text ruled in red throughout; Aldus' anchor & dolphin printer's mark on title page, and on first and last pages of the appended Tertullianus (see below): bound with, as issued: Tertullianus, Quintus Septimius Florens. Tertullianus. [Apologeticvs Adversvs Gentes.] Venetiis: In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceri mense Aprili, 1515. 8vo, [4], 48 leaves; collating [*]4, AA-FF8; numerous spaces with guide letters left for capitals; the text ruled in red throughout. Together, 2 parts in 1, in 18th-century Italian (?) mottled calf, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, 5 with triads of horizontal stars, red morocco label in 1; early ownership inscription on a1: "Ex lib. B. Marie Mondider / Ord S. Bened. ."; early bookplate of the Domus Acheolana, Societatas Jesu, with their small blue stamp on the title page, old typed library sticker on spine, and library pockets on rear endpapers, old ink accession number on rear pastedown. Library markings aside, a clean, crisp and venerable copy in an appropriate binding. This is only the second book published at the Aldine press following the death of Aldus the Elder February 6, 1515. Appropriately enough, this edition of Lactantius contains a eulogy on him in the preface. Adams L16; Renouard; 1515, no. 2; UCLA-Aldine, 132.