Ianus NICIUS ERYTHREUS
Dialogi septendecim [Ensemble] Dialogi duo
Apud Iodocum Kalcovium|Coloniae Ubiorum [Cologne] 1645|9.50 x 15.50 cm|relié
First edition, rare. A portrait frontispiece. The second work is dated 1643, in Cologne, at Ioanne Kinckie's, and contains two religious dialogues.
Contemporary full vellum binding. Spine with raised bands. Title in pen, as well as a fleuron. Leaves 3 and 4 of the preface moved after leaf 338. Foxing.
17 Dialogues on love, friendship, justice, history, greatness... Humanist, poet, historian and philologist, Erythreus was secretary to Cardinal Peretti and author of the first history of Italian literature.
Contemporary full vellum binding. Spine with raised bands. Title in pen, as well as a fleuron. Leaves 3 and 4 of the preface moved after leaf 338. Foxing.
17 Dialogues on love, friendship, justice, history, greatness... Humanist, poet, historian and philologist, Erythreus was secretary to Cardinal Peretti and author of the first history of Italian literature.
€250