LYCOSTHENES, Conrad (Wolffhart) — Apophthegmata, tum ex optimis utriusque linguae scriptoribus, per Conradum Lycosthenem Rubeaquensem collectorum, Loci Communes, Ad ordinem alphabeticum redacti.

Full-Leather: Very Good, 17,5 x 11 cm cm, (22) 1130 + 41, Latin, book condition: Very Good 16th-century full leather binding with blind stamping on the covers, with wear at the corners and spine, binding still very sturdy, water stains at the beginning and end of the book. very rare book. This monumental handbook is one of the most important humanistic reference works from the Renaissance, in which thousands of classical quotes, anecdotes, and moral maxims were organized alphabetically and thematically (Loci Communes). Although the original edition appeared a year earlier (1555) in Basel by Oporinus, this Lyon edition by Jean Frellon from 1556 is an extremely rare and sought-after early edition. Only three years after this print, in 1559, Pope Paul IV condemned the entire oeuvre of Lycosthenes and placed it in the strictest category of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum. Copies of these early, uncensored Lyon editions were widely confiscated or destroyed at the time. Printed by the renowned humanistic printer Jean Frellon in Lyon, on the presses of Michel Sylvius (Michel du Bois). This monumental handbook is one of the most important humanistic reference works from the Renaissance, in which thousands of classical quotes, anecdotes, and moral maxims were organized alphabetically and thematically (Loci Communes). Although the original edition appeared a year earlier (1555) in Basel by Oporinus, this Lyon edition by Jean Frellon from 1556 is an extremely rare and sought-after early edition. Only three years after this print, in 1559, Pope Paul IV condemned the entire oeuvre of Lycosthenes and placed it in the strictest category of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum. Copies of these early, uncensored Lyon editions were widely confiscated or destroyed at the time. Printed by the renowned humanistic printer Jean Frellon in Lyon, on the presses of Michel Sylvius (Michel du Bois). Apud Ioannem Frellonium, Lugduni Lyon, 1556 Condition: Very Good