GIRALDI, Lilio-Gregorio. Opera omnia...complectentia... Lot 25

GIRALDI, Lilio-Gregorio. Opera omnia...complectentia historiam deis gentivm, mvsis et Hercvle, rem navticam sepvlcralia, et varios sepvliendis ritvs, historiam poetarvm graecorvm et latinorvm, Kalendarivm romanvm et graecvm cvm libello de annis, mensibvs, ac insvper alia ... commentario Joannis Faes, et animad versionibus ... Pavli Colomesi ... Johannes Jensivs, 2 vols en 1, Leiden 1696. In-fol. full vellum of ep. (wears), gilt with a figure of Minerva largely erased; [xviii] + 338 (numbered by columns 1-676) + [iv not ciphered but columns 677-84 because the 88 following pages begin at 685] + 88 [ciphered 685-772] + [xxvi] p, t.p. separated in red and black for each part, engraved general t.p. and 6 full-page allegorical copper engravings by J. V. D. Areele after F. Boitard. Second edition of the complete works of Giraldi (EO Basel 1580), poet and historian (1479-1552). His treatise on the calendar (here columns 742 to 848), was presented to the Pope by Giraldi's brother, Lillio-Antonio and influenced the debates on the reform of the 1582 calendar. H & L. 2733.