Opera. De fortudine : Libri duo. De Principe : Liber unus. Dialogus qui Charon inscribitur. Dialogus qui Antonius inscribitur. De Liberalitate. Liber unus. De Beneficetia : Liber unus. De Magnificentia : Liber unus. De Splendore : Liber unus. De Conviventia : Liber unus. De Obedentia : Libri quinq[ue]. De Prudentia: Libri quinq[ue].

(Lyon, for B. Trot, Feb. 1514)

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8vo: [356] ff. (lower margin of first ff. damaged (with a tool?), first and last ff. waterstained, occ. soiling).

17th-c. vellum, covers with coat of arms ruled by a doublet fillet, spine with raised bands, spr. edges (front cover damaged (with a tool?) with sm. loss).

First Lyon edition of this collection of 10 philosophical treatises and dialogues by the Italian humanist and politician Pontanus (1426-1503), considered as the most eminent Latin writer of the Renaissance, after Politian. Printed in italics.
Ref. Baudrier VIII:426. - Éd. lyonnaises XVI:II:108 (26). - Pettegree (FB) 83553 = USTC 155225.
Prov. Family Salvaing de Boissieu, from Dauphiné (supralibros). - Ms. entry erased.