Lactantius, “L. Coelii Lactantii Firmiani Divinarum Institutionum libri septem proxime castigati, et aucti. Eiusdem De ira Dei liber I. De opificio Dei liber I. Epitome in libros suos, liber acephalos. Phoenix. Carmen de Dominica Resurrectione. Item index in eundem rerum omnium. Tertulliani liber apologeticus cum indice”, Aldus, 1535. 12mo, pp [16], 328, [12], 47, [4], [1 (blank)], [44] leaves. Aldine anchor on title page and last page. Text in Latin and partly in Greek. The second Aldine edition, but as Renouard notes, far superior to the first of 1515 because of the corrections by Benedettino Onorato Fascitello, who collated more accurately with the manuscripts of the Monte Cassino Library. Lactantius was a North African writer (ca. 240–320), born a pagan and converted to Christianity, whose polished style earned him, during the Renaissance, the sobriquet of "the Christian Cicero". Like the 1515 edition, this edition includes also a short "Apologetic" by Tertullian, with a preface by Giovanni Battista Egnazio; and it bears for the first time a new preface on Lactantius by Paulus Manutius. Contemporary half leather, heavily worn along extremities, spine and joints. Three ex-libris labels on pastedown. Contemporary ink notes on title page and occasional marginalia. Title page lightly soiled, with signs of water-stain on lower part, occasional spotting and foxing. Paper clippings regarding the current edition as well as later editions and Lactantius included, one pasted on front free endpaper. Renouard 70, Brunet III 736, Graesse IV, 66