QUARTUS TOMUS OPERUM DIVI IOANNIS CHRYSOSTOMI ARCHIEPISCOPI CONSTANTINOPOLITANI CONTINETIN OMNES D. PAVLI EPISTOLAS EXPOSITIONEM, (Volume 4, only of 5) by Chrysostom, John - 1539

Basileae (Basel): Ex Officina Heruagiana, 1539. Half Leather. Good binding. Folio. *4, Aa-Zz6, AA-ZZ6, aA-xX6, yY4, zZ6. Main text printed in two numbered columns, column numbers are erratic, repeating and skipping numbers as well as transposing characters. Former library copy. Backed in contemporary alum tawed leather with rolled decoration in blind over wooden boards; also one of two alum tawed leather thongs and metal latches is still present; later (probably 19th century) manuscript title and neat painted call numbers on the spine; theological seminary bookplate on the front pastedown, stamp on the title page; fly leaves excised; binding is quite tight. 19th century presentation inscription at the top of the title page. Wooden boards are worn at the edges, particularly at the bottom corners which are quite chipped; some worming to the boards as well as some places on the leather; occasional worming to some sections of the text affecting in a minor way the print on many pages; some early damp-staining scattered throughout, though quite heavy on a few isolated pages; bottom corner of one leaf clipped affecting the margin only; early marginalia in Latin and underlining scattered throughout. But all in all, a nice copy of the fourth of five volumes of a 16th century edition of the works of this early Church Father. A beautifully printed volume with a wonderful printer's mark on the title page and again on the last page as well as 4-line initials throughout with a few 8-line and 12-line decorative initials. Bound and in a remarkably well-preserved 16th century binding. Text in Latin.