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[Germany - Cologne] RUFINUS, Tyrranius Expositio in symbolum apostolorum. [Cologne, U. Zel, ca. 4to: [ff., ll. (incl. final blank). 19th-c. Jansenist chestnut morocco by Capé Masson Debonnelle, gilt-titled spine with 5 raised bands, gilt sides, a.e.g., nice gilt inside dentelles, marbled endpapers, cloth marker. Nice wide-margined copy of an early incunable, rubricated at beginning and end. Editio princeps of the “Commentarius in Symbolum Apostolorum” by Rufinus of Aquileia (344-411), an Italian monk best known as a translator of Greek patristic material into Latin -esp. the work of Origen. This commentary on the Apostles’ Creed gives evidence of its use and interpretation in 4th-c. Italy. Printed in gothic type. Ref. ISTC ir- Goff R-- IDL - BMC I:- CIBN R-- BSB-Ink R-- Not in Polain. Prov. [Georges Petit].