Baif, Annotationes in legem II, Basel, Froben, 1537, later vellum

Lazare de Baif

Annotationes in legem II de captivis & postliminio reversis, in quibus tractatur de re navali... Annotationes in tractatum de auro & argento legato... Antonii Thylesii de coloribus libellus [edited by Charles Estienne]. Basel: Hieronymus Froben and Nikolaus Episcopius, 1537

4to (197 x 142mm.), woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut initials, numerous woodcut illustrations, later vellum, later red lettering-piece, first quire reinforced in gutter, occasional light staining, a few small marginal wormholes

Lazare de Baif's works on Classical naval matters (including both ship architecture and the rights of captives), Roman costume and classical vases are joined here with Telesio's treatise on colour, which was first published in 1528.

LITERATURE

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