Officinae [...].

2 parts in 1 vol., 8vo: 412-[4], 426-[6] pp. (title part 1 sl. soiled with lower marg. underlaid, first ff. sl. soiled, clear dampst. in corners touching text in 1st part and begin. of 2nd part, occ. spotting).

Contemp. vellum, ink-titled flat spine, (later?) purple leather closing ties (discoloured, sm. part of closing tie missing, bookblock loosening).

Large collection of essays on a wide variety of subjects, often encyclopedic in nature, by the French humanist professor of rhetoric Jean Tixier de Ravisi (1480-1524), 1st publ. in 1520. Large printer's mark on titles.
Bound with, same author, place, ed. and year: Cornucopiae [...]. 79-[1] pp. (occ. spotting, ff. dd3-6 loose, last f. missing and replaced by ms. copy in an old hand). Large printer's mark on title.
Ref. Baudrier IV:181-182 (Officinae) & IV:179 (Cornucopiae) (mentions as date on titles 1560, but colophons dated 1559). - Adams R-199 (Cornucopiae) & R-214 (also mentions 1560 as date on title, but colophon dated 1559). - Not in STC French.