ALDE. - ORIGEN. [Homiliae]. Quae hoc in libro continentur. O - Lot 168

ALDE. - ORIGEN. [Homiliae]. Quae hoc in libro continentur. Origenis in Genesim homiliae [...]. S.l.n.d. [on colophon]: Venice, Aldus, February 1503. In-folio, half vellum with corners, ornate smooth spine, title page, blue edges (18th century binding). Fine Aldus edition, printed on two columns, of the homilies of Origen, theologian of the Alexandrian school and one of the Fathers of the Christian Church. (Renouard, Aldus, p. 44.) Dedicated to Egidio Antonini of Viterbo (1469-1532), Augustinian hermit and future cardinal, close to the neo-Platonist circles of Pico della Mirandola and Marsilio Ficino. Old handwritten bookplate on title: Bar. Dalmatii de Cancellariis Archidiac. Alex. Et Prot. Aplici. Minor worm's gallery on last leaf, aureoles and light freckling on a few leaves, russet stain f. H5.