first edition
1581 · Basileae
by Bentzius, Johannes
Basileae: Heruagiana, per Eusebium, 1581. First edition, folio, mixed pagination; [alpha]-[beta]4 a-z6 A-I6 K4 L6 M8; wood-engraved printer's mark and initials; text in double column; blind-tooled pigskin over parchment, unadorned spine in 6 compartments, all edges red, remnants of parchment ties; extremities scuffed and rubbed; endpapers supplies, some marginal dampstaining. Adams B684. Nine copies in OCLC, only the Newberry in the Western Hemisphere.
(Inventory #: 43238)