Constantinople

1651 · rif. 73622 — Londini: ex officina Rogeri Danielis 1651. First edition folio pp. 8 393 11; Greek and Latin text in parallel columns; woodcut device on title page; woodcut ornaments woodcut and factotum initials; early 19th-century roan-backed speckled paper-covered boards; edges worn old library stamp on title page occasional toning; good sound and relatively clean. First edition of the letters of Photius edited by Richard Montague recommended by the publisher as an important historical source for the schism between the Eastern and the Western churches and based on the 9th-century Barocci manuscript in the Bodleian Library. Brunet IV 624; Wing P-2136. ex officina Rogeri Danielis unknown