Around the central boss of the back cover
is stamped the date A.D. 1571, and on the front cover, in corresponding
position and order, the initials F E P L P F.
From the Osterley Park sale, May, 1885, with the book-plate of Victor
Albert George Child Villiers, Earl of Jersey. Leaf 6-1/2 x 4-1/2 in.
36. PHILO JUDAEUS. De divinis decem oraculis. Lutetiae, apud Carolum
Stephanum, 1554.
TITLE: Philonis Iudaei DE DIVINIS DECEM oraculis, quae summa sunt legum
capita Liber, Iohanne Vaeuraeo interprete. [Printer's device] LVTETIAE,
Apud Carolum Stephanum, Typographum Regium. M.D.LIIII.
Octavo. 72 numbered pages, followed by one leaf _Ad lectorem_ and
one blank. Pp. 3-6, dedication by the translator to Charles de
Guise, Cardinal de Lorraine, Archbishop of Reims, to whom was also
dedicated the first edition of the works of Philo in Greek, printed
by Turnebus, Paris 1552. Printed on vellum. On p. 7 a beautiful
seven-line engraved initial R. The device is that chosen by the
printer's brother Robert, the olive tree and the motto _Noli altum
sapere_, without the addition _sed time_.
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