Sibyllina Oracula, ex vett. codd. aucta, renouata, et notis illustrata a D. Iohanne Opsopoeo Brettano. Cum interpretatione Latina Sebastiani Castalionis et Indice.

Large 8vo: [16]-524-71-[2] pp. (unobtrusive dampstaining in bottom inner margin).

Contemp. overl. vellum, spine titled in ink (loosening at front). Nice wide-margined copy.

Engr. title by C. de Mallery, and 12 engr. portraits of the Sibyls. Dedicated to J.-A. de Thou.
Bound with: 1. Oracula magica Zoroastris cum scholiis Plethonis et Pselli nunc primum editi, e Bibliotheca Regia, studio Johannis Opsopoei. 144 pp. (complete but skipping page numerals 3-6). - 2. Oracula metrica Iovis, Apollinis, Hecates, Serapîdis, et aliorum deorum ac vatum tam virorum quam feminarum, a Iohanne Opsopoeo collecta. Item Astrampsychi Oneirocriticon a Ios. Scaligero digestum & castigatum, Graece & Latine. XXIIII-114-[5-1 bl.] pp. (complete but skipping page numerals III-VI).
The first complete edition of the Oracula sibyllina, a collection of the oracles traditionally attributed to Sibyls. The editio princeps had appeared in 1545; this bilingual edition of 1599 was edited by the physician from Heidelberg Johannes Obsopaeus (1556-1596), who largely emended the text, supplementing it with his extensive commentaries. "A very handsome edition, not only for its typographical execution with three different sizes of the Grecs du Roi, but also for the very fine engravings by Charles de Mallery of the twelve Sibyls in Panvinius' essay on the subject in the first part. The title-pages for the second and third parts have the Lutetia ship woodcut. Notable features of this work are the Latin translation by the famous Castellio (first published 1546) and Scaliger’s edition of Astrampsychus" (Smitskamp).
Ref. Cp. Smitskamp (Scaliger collection) 181 (1607 ed.). - Adams S-1061, O-208, O-209. - Hoffmann III:396. - Caillet 8135.
Prov. Aernout van Buchel (1565-1641), the Utrecht antiquarian scholar ("Ex libris Arnodli Buchellij Batavi M D C II" on front flyleaf). - Isaacus Gruterus (1610-1680), the Middelburg Latin teacher, scholar, and friend of C. Huygens (name on 1st title) . - "T. Gaisford, S. T. P. Aed. Xti Decan.", the English classical scholar and clergyman Thomas Gaisford (1779-1855), dean of Christ Church, Oxford (armorial bookpl.).