De imitatione, seu De informandi styli ratione libri II.

8vo : 83-[1] ff. (incl. "Errata" f.; marg. dampstain at top).

No binding, old red edges. Good copy.

1st ed. (repr. 1560) of a treatise on good Latin style by the Spanish humanist S. Fox Morcillo from Seville (1528-1560). This Louvain pupil of Petrus Nannius and Cornelius Valerius drowned on his return to Spain. Woodcut mark on title. Ref. BT 8345. - Pettegree NB 12407. - Palau 94111. - Green/Murphy (Renaiss. rhetoric) 1692. - Not in Adams, STC Dutch (BL). Prov. Old ms. annotations (cropped), with a longer note at the end. - Jesuit ownership entry on title.