Epistolarum libri sexdecim. Nunc multò quàm antehac unquàm diligentius recogniti, atque in lucem aediti. Eiusdem ad Paulum Sadoletum epistolarum [...]. His insuper adiectus commentarius Antonij Florebelli vitam autoris eleganter declarans.

8vo: [16]-751 pp. (title-page sl. soiled, small marginal stains to some pp., small marginal tear with loss of paper in p. 208).

Cont. blind-stamped calf over wood, covers decorated with fleurons and ruled with fillets and one ornamental roll-stamp with portraits, spine on raised bands with fillets, brown sprinkled edges, brass clasps (small def. to upper cover). Good copy.

Rare ed. (1st Lyon 1550) of the letters of Sadoleto (1477-1547), cardinal and bishop of Carpentras who helped in the preparations of the Council of Trent. He was a dedicated servant to the papacy and was involved in the negociations between Francis I and Charles V leading to the Truce of Nice in 1538. He also tried to win back the Protestants by persuasion and presenting the Catholic religion under a conciliatory form. Woodcut mark on title. Ref. VD1-6 S-1262. - Adams S-69. - Machiels S-34. -Soltész S-53. - Not in STC German. Prov. Ownership entry dated 1599 on front flyleaf. Joined, non collated: (1). GERSON, J.; [Thomas à KEMPIS].- De imitatione Christi libelli III. Lyon, Th. Paganus, 1554, 16mo, 18th-c. calf (small defects, joints split, ecclesiastical libr. stamp on title). Bound with: INNOCENTIUS III.- De contemptu mundi sive De miseria conditionis humanae, libris tres. Ibidem, 1554.-- (2). COSTERUS, Fr.- De universa historia Dominica passionis. Meditationes quinquaginta. Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 1588, 24mo, 19th-c. half cloth (upper joint split, ecclesiastical ownership entry and bookpl.). (Together 3 works)