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AUGUSTINUS, Aurelius (Saint, 354-430). De civitate dei . Venice: Nicolaus Jenson, 2 October 1475. A beautifully bound copy of the second Venetian edition. This copy’s colophon reads ‘ mozechino prin/cipe’ which agrees with BMC V 175 (IB 19686). Loosely inserted is a tailor’s bill addressed to one Mychell Constable by Thomas Clarke dated January 1624. HC *2051; GW 2879; BMC V 175; Bod-inc A-522; BSB-Ink A-858; ISTC ia01235000; Goff A-1235. Chancery folio (271 x 180mm). 302 leaves (of 306, without blanks). Initials supplied in red, rubricated, silk bookmarks (very occasional and light marginal soiling and worming). Late 18th-century red morocco richly gilt, gauffered gilt edges (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Germany (early monastic inscription from the order of St Paul the First Hermit in Wiener Neustadt – William Constable Maxwell (armorial bookplate) – J. H. Burn O.R (book label dated 1931 recording bequest to:) – Bookplate of Rugby School Library.