1556 John Chrysostom BIBLE COMMENTARIES antique WOMAN PRINTER 16th CENTURY FOLIO

John Chrysostom

Opervm Divi Ioannis Chrysostomi Archiepiscopi Constantinopolitani, variorum argumentorum, in quo Exegematica quædam, item Didactica ac Parænetica, Apologeticaque complectuntur, quorum seriem ex pagina sequenti cognosces.

Parisis: apud Carolam Guillard viduam Claudij Cheuallonij, & Gulielinum Desboys; 1556

 folio , size 10 by 15 3/4"


1180 pages.

Original binding in full brown calfskin over wooden boards,
spine with 6 raised bands , decorated with fleurons, fillets, friezes, and title label in red morocco.

Spine damaged with repair, some losses of leather,  exposed edges, last gathering partially detached (still holding on the lower half).

Front cover detached (holds on one cord)

Interior clean, some period manuscript marginalia

Beautiful printing in two columns.

Attractive printer's mark on the title page.

Decorated capitals.

Large strips of 15th-century vellum manuscript (circa 1425–1475) reused as bands for this 16th-century binding.

Manuscript ex-libris on the title page

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Charlotte Guillard is one of the most celebrated French printers of the 16th century. After her husband's death, she ran one of Europe's most renowned workshops for theological, legal, and Church Father texts. Her editions are sought after by bibliophiles.
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