De formando studio in quolibet artium et sacrarum et prophanarum genere consilium.

8vo: [16]-170-[1] pp. (tear in blank margin of *5 repaired).

Mod. blindruled leather "à l'antique", spine with 4 raised bands.

Very rare 3rd edition (1st-2nd: Frankfurt/Oder 1550, 1551) of a handbook on Latin style by the prolific Prussian physician and Greek scholar Willichius (d. 1552). The work is a humanist commonplace book for young students as well as a short introduction to rhetoric and religion, including a bit of medicine and natural history, even with one chapter on wine (pp. 34-42). According to VD16 the book was printed at Zürich by Rudolf Wyssenbach. Woodcut mark on title. Printed in italics.
ref. VD16 W3253. - Not in Adams, Buisson, BL, BnF etc.
Prov. A few contemp. marg. ms. notes.