06056

Title

Subject

Description

De civitate dei, printed by the first printer in Venice, Johannes de Spira, and completed by his brother Vindelinus when Johannes died in 1470. This edition includes white-vine decorations painted over hand-stamped woodblock patterns.

Creator

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354–430, Johann, of Speier, –1470, printer, and Wendelin, of Speier, –1477?, printer.

Source

06056. ST. AUGUSTINE, Bishop of Hippo (354–430). De civitate dei. Venice: Johannes and Vindelinus de Spira, 1470.

Relation

Italy

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Latin

Type

Royal folio

Collection

Invention and Discovery: Printed Books from Fifteenth-Century Europe

Citation

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354–430, Johann, of Speier, –1470, printer, and Wendelin, of Speier, –1477?, printer. , “06056,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed November 8, 2025, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1315.