[LIBANIUS, BRUTUS, HIPPOCRATES, DIOGENUS the Cynic, & al - Lot 147

[LIBANIUS, BRUTUS, HIPPOCRATES, DIOGENUS the Cynic, & alii]. Epistolarum Laconicarum farragines duæ, quarum una, quæ è Græco versæ sunt, altera Latinæ tantum continentur. Catalogum verò earundem cum suis autoribus, versa pagella, deprehendes. Basileæ, Per Robertum Vuinter, [Basel, Robert Winter], 1545. In-16, calf, double framing of cold fillets decorating the boards, gilt fleuron at the corners, cherub's head in the center, ornate ribbed spine (period binding). 698 + [VI] pp. Dedicatory epistle from Wolfgang Anemoecius to Hulrich Fugger (1534); some translations by Franc-comtois Gilbert COUSIN, born in Nozeroy. Ornate lettering; printer's mark on verso of last leaf. From the library of Paul Marie du Breil de Pontbriand, with wet stamp (with the motto Parcere subjectis et debellare superbos) on the title, repeated on the flyleaf and verso of the last leaf; handwritten bookplate on title. Spine ends rebound; wetness on first 100 pages.