Marius Nizolius sive Thesaurus Ciceronianus, post nunquam fatis laudatas operas Basilii Zanchi, Caelii Secundi Curionis, & Marcelli Squarcialupi plumbinensis, magno labore & studio olim mactus

Basel edition, completed and expanded by Basile Zanchi, Marcello Squarcialupi and Caellii Secundi Curionis. Printer's device (allegorical forge scene) in medallion on the title page and large vignette on the verso of the last leaf, with the same motif within a Renaissance frame composed of allegorical figures. Several initials, one headpiece and one tailpiece. Lexical concordance originally published in 1535 under the title Observationes in M. Tullium Ciceronem
Text in Latin in two columns of 85 lines.
Later full cardboard binding, worn: the spine is missing. Paper reinforcement in margin on verso of title page. Corner lack filled at leaf 1-2 in upper margin with small text damage. Some pale dampstains, foxing. Paper browning characteristic of German and Swiss papers of this period.
Like the Tabula Aurea (golden table) of Bergama for the work of Thomas Aquinas, the Thesaurius Ciceronianus is the indispensable lexicon for reading Cicero's enormous corpus and the essential element for its study, particularly for teaching it. The Renaissance found its great classic in Cicero, it would exhume manuscripts and editions would abound; he is the least contested and most studied Latin author, both by the religious and civil worlds, hence the necessity of this decisive lexicon for the correct reading of his work. "This work, of great utility for understanding Cicero, first appeared under the title Observationes in Ciceronem, ex Prato Albuini (Brixiae), 1535." (Brunet IV-84).