Epistolae familiares, nunc primùm collatis aliquot exemplatibus, emendatae : adiectis singularum epistolarum argumentis.

12mo: [8]-572-[7] pp. (some ff. sl. browned, cut short sometimes shaving running titles).

18th-c. red morroco, gilt coat of arms on covers ruled with a triple fillet, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, a.e.g. (some sl. traces of use).

Charming "édition de poche" of Cicero's letters. Published by Mamert Patisson who married Robert Estienne's widow, Denyse Barbé, and took over his atelier in 1575. Estienne's mark on title.
Ref. Renouard, M. Patisson, 5. - Pettegree (FB) 62307. - Adams C-1970. - STC French p. 111. - Not in Schreiber.
Prov. Count Karl Heinrich von Hoym (1694-1736), diplomat, ambassador of Saxony in France and plenipotentiary Minister of Augustus II. Distinguished bibliophile, his library was sold in 1738, our copy is n. 3106 of the catalogue (gilt supralibros; ref. Olivier, Hermal & de Roton 672). - Thomas Maitland Dundrennan (1792-1851), Scottish lawyer and judge (armorial bookpl.).