[...] Lucubrationes, liberalium literarum studiosis cognoscendae & iterum atque iterum repetende, linguam enim, mentem & ingeniu[m] locupletabu[n]t, ornabunt, & acue[n]t. Item Joannis Baptistae PH commentaria [...].

4to: [24]-494-[2] pp. (marginal damp stains, a larger one on pp. 73-80, pp. 57-64 stained, some foxing, ms. provenance on title).

Contemp. calf, covers with a gilt frame and central medallion, gilt decorated spine with raised bands (sl. scratches, pale damp stains, some edges and one corner sl. dulled, ms. provenance on pastedown).

First edition of this collection of letters, poems and panegyrics edited by Giovanni Battista Pio. Title within a woodcut frame figuring scenes of David's life by Hans Holbein and text illustrated with some initials with cherubs; printer's mark on the verso of last leaf. The Gallic Saint Sidonius Apollinaris (431?-487?), born in Lyon, was Urban prefect of Rome until 469, patrician and senator. He was also the bishop of Clermont-Ferrand. His works are important because they document several political events and daily life in this period of change between Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
Ref. Adams S-1080. - USTC 617648. - VD16 S-6321. - STC German p. 814. - Not in Machiels.