Opuscula litteraria. Lima ciceroniana sive De stylo liber singularis. De pulcritudine Beatae Mariae Virginis disceptatio quodlibetica. Poemata: Elegiae Marianae, Lusus Anacreontei, Drama comicum.

8vo: 276 [= 275]-[2-1 bl.] pp. (final blank missing; toned, some quires spotted, blank bottom corner F4 torn off).

19th-c. blind-stamped calf, spine with 4 raised bands, gilt sides, sp. edges, gilt inside dentelles, red marker. Good copy.

Only ed. of the literary works of the Flemish Jesuit Susius (Bruges 1572 - Kortrijk 1619), including his "Drama comicum Pendularia", a rare early instance of a Jesuit comedy. Woodcut Jesuit device on title and at the end.
Ref. DBS VII:1721:3. - BCNI 6839. - Oberlé 496. - Simoni (BL) S-273. - STCV.
Prov. "H. Drury, Harrow, 1816", i.e. Henry Drury (1778-1841), master at Harrow 1801-1841, tutor and friend of Lord Byron (old ownership entry on front flyleaf). - Catalogue cutting pasted on flyleaf.
Joined: Collected works of 2 other Jesuit Latin poets: 1. Lambertus, S., S.J. - Opera poetica. Antwerp, Wid. J. Cnobbaert, 1652. 12mo: 311-[1 bl.] (prel. quire missing = 24 pp.). Old limp boards. Verses by the Burgundian Jesuit Lambertus (1607-1667), active in Spain. Ref. DBS IV:1407:1. - 2. Wallius, J., S.J. - Poematum libri novem. Editio altera. Antwerp, Plantin Press (B. II Moretus), 1657. 12mo: [24]-393-[2-1 bl.] pp. Old sheep, gilt spine. Ref. DBS VIII:967:11. - STCV. (3 vol.)