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IRENAEUS, Saint, Bishop of Lyons. Opus eruditissimum, in quinq[ue] libros digestum, in quibus mire retegit Gnosticorum aliorumq[ue] Haereticorum impias ac portentosas opiniones. Edited by Desiderius Erasmus; revised by Johann Jacob Grynaeus. [36], 621, [63] pages, including final leaf with printer's device on verso. 8vo, 165x104 mm, contemporary calf over wooden boards with blind-stamped arabesque centerpiece on covers, brass catches, lacking clasps, rebacked, front joint cracked, cords intact; dark stain on opening leaves, paper cracks and small holes in title not affecting text, dampstaining in lower inner corners toward end. 17th-century signature of Ro[bert] Baillie, ("the famous Covenanter" according to pencil note on front endpaper) and 19th-century Chiesa Libera stamp on title; bookplate of Douglas and Mildred Horton. Basel: Eusebius Episcopius & heirs of his brother Nicolaus, 1571
Late 2nd-century theological treatise attacking contemporary Christian heresies, particularly the Gnosticism of Valentinus, first published in Latin in 1526 and in the original Greek in 1570. "This work contains valuable historical information and a great many New Testament quotations which are a witness to the New Testament text long prior to any extant manuscript; it is the first systematic exposition of Christian theology"--Sarton I, 294. Hoffmann II, 466.
