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Justin Martyr (Saint). Tou agiou Joustinou philosochou kai martyros..., ex Bibliotheca Regia, 1st edition, Paris, Robert Estienne, 1551, title with woodcut printer's device, text in Greek, woodcut initials and head-pieces, occasional marginalia in brown ink in Latin and Greek, 18th century ownership inscription in brown ink to head of title: 'Nathan Wrighte of Englefeild', 20th century signature of D.L. Cumming to front pastedown, 18th century blind-panelled sprinkled full calf, rubbed and some marks and scuffs, upper joint a little tender with minor wear to head and foot of spine, some loss to title label, folio, together with: Kyriander (Wilhelm), Annales sive commentarii de origine et statu antiquissimae civitatis Augustae Treverorum, Zweibrücken: Caspar Wittel, 1603, woodcut device to title and few decorative initials, title dust-soiled, some dampstaining mostly at front, bound with, Reyneke (Reinhard), Origines illustriss. stirpis Brandeburgicae, seu Historiae expositiones geminae de nobiliss. et antiquiss. Welforum prosapia: e germanica lingua in latinam conversae..., Frankfurt: Andream Wechelum, 1581, printer's woodcut device to title, decorative initials, head & tailpieces, some browning and spotting throughout volume, marbled endpapers with Skene Library bookplate to upper pastedown, late 17th/early 18th century calf, gilt decorated spine without title label, gilt armorial to centre of each board, joints cracked and spine darkened, folio, Bildius (Beatus), Beati Rhenani ... Rerum Germanicarum libri tres. Adiecta est in calce Epistola ad D. Philippū Puchaimerū, de locis Plinij per St. Aquæum attactis, ubi mendæ quædam eiusdem autoris emaculantur..., Basel: In officiana Frobeniana, 1531, printer's woodcut device to title and with early annotation to lower blank margin (repaired closed tear at foot), few decorative woodcut initials, occasional early underscoring and marginal notes, printer's woodcut device to verso of final leaf, some even toning and lower margins of some leaves lightly damp stained, 19th century marbled sheep, joints cracked and small area of loss at head of spine, extremities rubbed, small slim folio, Aventinus (Johannes), Io. Auentini Annalium Boiorum libri VII. / Ex autenticis manuscriptis codicibus per CL. V. D. Nic. Cisnerum, electoralis curiae palatinae proiudicem & consiliarum, singulari diligentia & fide, recogniti, restituti & aucti., Basel: Impensis Ludouici Regis., 1615, woodcut portrait to title, short worm trail to few initial leaves, browning and spotting throughout volume, occasional marginal damp stains, near contemporary calf with inset panel with double gilt rule border, old reback, joints split and some wear to extremities, folio, plus one other 17th century antiquarian volume Justin Martyr (Saint), Sancti Iustini philosophi et martyris Opera. Græcus textus multis in locis correctus; & Latina Ioannis Langi versio passim emendata..., Paris: Claudium Morellum, [1615], lacking title, contemporary calf with blind rollwork decoration, joints cracked, folio 1. Mortimer, Harvard French Books 335; Renouard 79/2; Schreiber, Estienne 107. The editio princeps of Saint Justin Martyr's surviving works, printed in the first font of the grecs du roi, and described by Schreiber as 'a most important contribution to the study of Christian antiquity'. Provenance: Nathan Wright of Englefield, Berkshire (his ownership inscription to title), most likely Nathan Wrighte, son of the Reverend Nathan Wrighte and Anne Powlett, brother to Powlett Wright who inherited Englefield in 1729. When Powlett Wright died of smallpox in 1741, his son Powlett came into the estate, but when he died childless in 1779 it passed to his uncle Nathan until his death on 7th June 1789, at the age of 73. 2. Brunet III, 704. The 2nd edition of the early history of Trier (Treves), written by the Bishop's secretary and dedicated to emperor Rudolf II. Kaspar Wittel was an early Zweibrucken printer 1597-1607.