Athanasius Alexandrinus. Opera, in quatuor tomos distributa: quorum tres sunt à Petronanio Alcmariano, ad Graecorum exemplarium fidem iam primum conversi, exceptis paucis antehac imperfectis ab eo denuo plenius & latinius redditis: Quartus, Latina multorum interpretatione ferè totus seorsim emissus, nunc in unum digestus & concinnatus. Index sub finem additives. 4 Bl., 730 pp., 142 p., 13 Bl. With 2 woodcut printer brands and numerous figural woodcut initials. 32.5 x 21 cm. Flexible parchment volume d. C. using a contemporary manuscript (spotty and rubbed, back laded, envelope with 2 cracks). Basel, Hieronymus Froben the Elder and Nikolaus Episcopius the Elder, 1556. VD16 A 3980. – Typographically appealing, fry print provided by Erasmus of Rotterdam with the four-part writings of the church teacher Athanasius of Alexandria (ca. 300-373), who with his Disputatio contra Arrium defied the misguided teachings of Arrianism and gave him the nickname "Father of Orthodoxy". Parts I to III with continuous pagination, part IV with its own intermediate title and own collation. – Interior mirror with historical and modern exlibris. First sheet in the lower right corner slightly breathed, title with old entry. Otherwise only a little bit flaky and isolated with small wormholes.