Poemata quae extant

First Elzevier edition. With title-frontispiece. Minuscule printing.
Later full black sheep binding signed Thouvenin at foot (one of Thouvenin's earliest bindings, in the style of Bozerian his master). Spine with raised bands decorated with 4 small fleurons. Series of fillets at head. Title and date gilt. Gilt fillet frame on boards. Roulette on edges and interior border. Gilt edges. Spine very slightly faded. Handsome copy.
These works of Buchanan contain a paraphrase of the psalms, the tragedies Jephthah and Baptist, followed by translations of Euripides' Medea and Alcestis; the work also contains Franciscanus & fratres; Elegiarum liber; Sylvarum liber; Hendecasyllab[o]n liber; Iamb[o]n liber; Epigrammatum libri iii; Miscellaneorum liber; De sphaera mundi lib. v. Buchanan was one of the most important neo-Latin poets, although a native of Scotland, he resided for a long time in France and even taught Montaigne in Bordeaux. This Elzevier edition deals with Buchanan's literary production; one will not find his historical writings, even his Sphaera is a poem against Copernican ideas. It should be noted that he was undoubtedly a rebellious spirit, whose free ideas brought him numerous troubles and travels.