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PHOTIUS, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople. Bibliotheca; sive, Lectorum a Photio librorum recensio, censura atque excerpta. Latin translation with notes by Andreas Schott, S.J. [28], 555, [37] pages, including final blank. Folio, 312x201 mm, contemporary vellum boards, spine ends restored, vellum over covers wrinkled; infrequent light marginal dampstaining, contents otherwise generally clean. Booklabel of Frederic Huidekoper on rear pastedown. Augsburg: (Christoph Mang), 1606
first edition in latin of the chief work by a 9th-century Byzantine scholar, consisting of a critical account of 280 works read by him, many of which are now lost; the Greek original text was first published in 1600. Hoffmann III, 91; Sarton I, 594.
