Opus eruditissimum Divi Irenaei Episcopi Lugdunensis in quinque libros digestum, in quibus mire retegit et confutat ueterum haereseon impias ac portentosas opiniones ex uetustissimorum codicum collatione quantum licuit Des. Erasmi Roterodami opera emendatum. Additus est index rerum obseruatu dignarum.
Author
Saint Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyon
Title
Opus eruditissimum Divi Irenaei Episcopi Lugdunensis in quinque libros digestum, in quibus mire retegit et confutat ueterum haereseon impias ac portentosas opiniones ex uetustissimorum codicum collatione quantum licuit Des. Erasmi Roterodami opera emendatum. Additus est index rerum obseruatu dignarum.
Date
1548
Place
Basileae [Basel]
Publisher
[Per Hieronymum Frobenium, et Nicolaum Episcopium]
Language
Latin
Contributor
PRINTER:
Nicolaus Episcopius
Hieronymus Froben
Nicolaus Episcopius
Hieronymus Froben
WRITER OF ADDED COMMENTARY:
Desiderius Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus
Note
IMPRINT:
Publisher information from colophon: "Basileae per Hieronymum Frobenium, et Nicolaum Episcopium, mense Martio, M.D. XLVIII.
Publisher information from colophon: "Basileae per Hieronymum Frobenium, et Nicolaum Episcopium, mense Martio, M.D. XLVIII.
ILLUSTRATIONS:
Woodcut printer's device (Froben) on title-page and verso of final leaf. Two woodcut historiated initials.
Woodcut printer's device (Froben) on title-page and verso of final leaf. Two woodcut historiated initials.
BINDING:
Bound in blind-stamped vellum with metal clasps.
Bound in blind-stamped vellum with metal clasps.
MARGINALIA:
Numerous annotations in an unidentified hand.
Numerous annotations in an unidentified hand.
FORMAT:
[12], 338, [26] pages ; 34 cm (folio)
[12], 338, [26] pages ; 34 cm (folio)
Archive Location
Library Catalog
Num Pages
376
Short Title
Adversus haereses. Latin
Call Number
BR65 .I6 1548a
Erasmus Rare Large
References
Adams I513
OCLC: (OCoLC)636216644
Commenter
Desiderius Erasmus
Collection
Tags
1500-1599, Alum tawed bindings, Autographs, Basel (Switzerland), Binding damage, Blind tooled bindings, Christian heresies, Clasps, Early church ca. 30-600, Edge title, Edge titles, Erasmus Desiderius, Froben, Gnosticism, History, Latin, Marginalia, Metal clasps, Panel stamped bindings, Pressed plants, Printers' devices, Raised bands, Sammelband, Water damage, Woodcuts
Citation
Saint Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyon, “Opus eruditissimum Divi Irenaei Episcopi Lugdunensis in quinque libros digestum, in quibus mire retegit et confutat ueterum haereseon impias ac portentosas opiniones ex uetustissimorum codicum collatione quantum licuit Des. Erasmi Roterodami opera emendatum. Additus est index rerum obseruatu dignarum.,” Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS) Rare Book Collection, accessed May 3, 2026, https://crrs.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/10320.