Saturnalium sermonum libri duo, qui de gladiatoribus.

4to: [viii]-175-[7] pp. (damp stains in the margins, some min. browning and spotting, missing one fold. pl.).

Contemp. limp vellum, flat spine (def. lower cover).

Study on Roman gladiators (1st 1582, without ill.), in the form of a series of dialogues between J. Lipsius, Victor Giselinus, Janus Lernutius, Janus Dousa sr. and Stephanus W. Pighius. Printed in Leiden. Ill. with 3 fold. and 12 full-page engr. pl. in the style of P. v.d. Borcht or Otto van Veen. "The ills. have stylistical affinities with the work of Pieter van der Borcht [...]. It is not impossible, however, that they have been realized in Holland, by a local artist" (Voet).
Ref. Adams L-806. - Voet 1557b. - Pettegree (NB) 19276. - BT 6192. - Machiels L-312. - BB III:1069/1070:L-503.
Bound with: Id. - Amphitheatro liber. In quo forma ipsa loci expressa, & ratio spectandi. Cum aeneis figuris. Ibid., id. 105-[2] pp.; 4 pl. (wormtracks in bl. margins touching some signatures, some browning and some water stains in blank margins). Reprint of the Antwerp ed. of 1584, also by Plantin, which certainly comes out the office of Leiden. Ill. with 4 folding pl., 3 full-pages and 1 illustration in the text. Ref. Adams L-767. - Voet 1532b. - Pettegree (NB) 19264. - BT 1935. - BB III:897:L-137. - Not in Machiels (other ed.).
Prov. [Claude] Pellot (1619-1683), first president of the parliament of Normandy (1670-1683) (ms. entry on title).