AUSONE éd. Joseph Scaliger Lot n° 11

Opera in meliorem ordinem digesta Lyon, Antoine Gryphe, 1575 Pleasant Lyon binding [with:] Joseph Scaliger, Ausonianarum lectionum libri duo. Lyon, Antoine Gryphe, 1574 2 books in one volume in-16 (120 x 75mm). Marked on the title pages and at the end of the second work. Woodcut letters. Snack: [1]8 [2]2 a-x8 y6 A-M8. Lyon bookbinding of the time. Calfskin, gilt decoration, interlacing plate, central medallion with number ("LUDSP" and "ACCPARR"), embossed edges. Back redone. Mending of the lower margin of the title without affecting the address First edition of the works of the Bordeaux poet Ausone given by Scaliger. In the second work, Scaliger relates how he used the works of the Bordeaux humanist Élie Vinet to publish Ausone. References: USTC 141296 -- Baudrier VIII 365-66 -- Adams A-281