Eusebius Caesariensis among others Ecclesiasticae historiae autores. 6 Bl. (the fifth white), 806 pp., 1 w. Bl., 34 Bl. (index). With 2 woodcut printer brands. 32 x 22 cm. Calf leather band around 1700 (breasted, front joint bursted, corners bumped) with rich gilding, gold-embossed RSchild and coat of arms Supralibros on the lids. Basel, (Hieronymus Froben the Elder and Nikolaus Episcopius the Elder), 1549. VD 16 E 427. Adam's E 1095. Hieronymus, GG 414. – Beautiful Froben print of the important theological collection. With mainly new translations of important source texts on early church history by the reformed theologian Wolfgang Musculus as well as with important additional texts (see detailed Hieronymus). In addition to the church history of Eusebius of Caesarea, it also contains his Vita Constantini as well as texts by other authors of Late Antiquity, including Rufinus, Socrates Scholastikos, Sozomenos and Theodoretos. Exemplary from the library of the Archbishop of Rouen, Jacques-Nicolas Colbert (1655-1707). In 1690, after the death of his older brother, Colbert inherited the famous library of his father (Biblioteca Colbertina), which after him passed to his nephew Charles-Léonor Colbert (1689-1747). With Jacques-Nicolas Colbert's coat of arms Supralibros on both lids and the hs. Note on the title "Bibliotheca Colbertina" with corresponding signature, dated 1728. – Beginning with worm track in the upper bow, otherwise only isolated weak spots. Overall clean and well preserved.