138 - Theology.- Lactantius, LCF Divinarum institutionum libri septem. Venice, Aldus, 1515. 16 unnumbered leaves, 348 numbered leaves, 12 unnumbered leaves. With 2 woodcut printer's marks. Small octavo. Somewhat late, blind-tooled leather binding (spine and clasps restored).

Theology.- Lactantius, LCF Divinarum institutionum libri septem. Venice, Aldus, 1515. 16 unnumbered leaves, 348 numbered leaves, 12 unnumbered leaves. With 2 woodcut printer's marks. Small octavo. Somewhat late, blind-tooled leather binding (spine and clasps restored). Adams L 16; Renouard 70.- First Aldus edition of the 'Divine Instruction', considered the most important work of early Christian apology.- Contains, besides the Libri VII, De ira Dei, De opificio Dei, Libri acephali epitome, Phoenix, Resurrectionis Dominicae Die etc.- Edited and with two prefaces by Johannes Baptista Egnatius.- Bound with: Tertullianus, Q. Septimus Florentus. Apologeticus adversus gentes. Ibid., 1515. 4 unnumbered, 48 numbered leaves. With woodcut printer's mark. - Defense of Christianity against persecution by the Roman state. - First and last leaves with slight damp edges and a few restored small tears (sometimes with some loss of text), endpapers with traces of damp, first title page somewhat stained and with an old handwritten signature.