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CICERO - Sententiae illustriores, Apophthegmata item, & Parabolae sive similia [ed. Petrus Lagner...

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CICERO - Sententiae illustriores, Apophthegmata item, & Parabolae sive similia [ed. Petrus Lagner...
CICERO - Sententiae illustriores, Apophthegmata item, & Parabolae sive similia [ed. Petrus Lagnerius]. Paris, Robert Estienne, 1548 [bound with] MAIOR, Georgius - Sententiae veterum poetarum in locos communes digestae [and] MANCINELLI, Antonio - De poetica virtute libellus. Paris, Robert Estienne, 1551. 2 works in 1 vol., 8vo, contemp. calf with gilt cornerpcs. and gilt central ornament on covers, 18th c. rebacking (minor rubbing, worming in back), 240-[8], 240-[8] pp. Very good copy. € 300/500 I : Rare anthology of brilliant sayings from the works of Cicero, edited by Pierre Laignier, a minor humanist from Compiègne, working at Toulouse (whence dedicated on 26 Aug. 1541). II : Succesful thematic anthology of lines from classical poetry. Georg Major (1502-1574) became a Lutheran scholar, later a professor of theology at Wittenberg. At the end is added a short treatise by the Italian philologist Antonio Mancinelli, a pupil of Pomponio Leto. Ref. I : Renouard sub 1548 no. 13. BN Paris (1). Not in Schreiber, Adams, Machiels. Not in N.U.C. II : Renouard sub voce no. 7. Not in Schreiber, BN Paris (2). Not in Adams, Machiels, BL London.