FLAMINIO, Marc-Antoine (1498-1550) : - Lot 135

FLAMINIO, Marc-Antoine (1498-1550) : M. Antoni Flaminii in librum Psalmorum brevis explanatio ad Alexandrum Farnesium Cardinalem amplissimum | Adiectæ sunt in studiosorum usum elusdem authoris in Psalmos aliquot, suoquæque ordine & loco, Paraphrases | Item adiectæ sunt in triginta Psalmos Paraphrases, carmine ab eodem conscripta, & suo loco positæ. Paris, Audoin Petit, 1549. In-16, 388 leaves and (12 ff). Contemporary full calf, double gilt fillet on covers, beautiful azure plate pushed to gold in the center of covers, smooth mute spine decorated with fleurons and fillets. All edges gilt. Fine copy. (Upper head cover weak; spine slightly missing; lower corner of folio 386 torn without affecting the text) The flyleaf bears an old remark in ink covering the entire flyleaf: "Bon ouvrage [...|Volume rare, condamné au feu par le pape Paul IV. Carried by Jean Vogt in his Catalogus historico-criticus librorum rariorum, but he only knows of the Lugduni edition, 1561" There is an edition by Aldus in 1545. Provenance: Bibliothèque humaniste du Morbihan.