Bidspirit auction | [HISTORY] - EUSEBIUS CAESARIENSIS (d.

[HISTORY] - EUSEBIUS CAESARIENSIS (d. 403 AD); RUFINUS of Aquileia (translator) - [Early Church History – Eusebius’ Historia Ecclesiastica – Mantua 1479] - “Historia ecclesiastica” Mantua, Johannes Schallus, 15 July 1479. Fourth edition; small folio; 171 leaves (lacking final blank), printed in 34 lines; manuscript signatures and annotations; minor worming and repairs. Eighteenth-century vellum binding. A well-preserved copy of a text of central importance for late antiquity. ISTC ie00127000. One of the earliest printed editions of Eusebius’ foundational history of the early Church, translated into Latin by Rufinus and extended to the year 403 AD. Written under Constantine, the work is the principal contemporary source for early Christianity, documenting sects, schisms, and institutional development. •⁠⁠⁠> This lot is located in and ships from the UK. No export license is required for values under £65,000; above this threshold, a UK export license will be needed. Import duties and taxes in the destination country are the buyer's responsibility.