Author: PHILO.
Title: Lucubrationes omnes quotquot haberi potuerunt, nunc primum latinae ex graecis factae, per Sigismundum Gelenium, (etc.)
Description: Basel, (colophon: Nicolaus Episcopius), 1554. Folio. (31, 1x20, 6cm). [viii], 651, [24 = index and colophon] pp. Late seventeenth-century blind-stamped vellum. (binding (esp.back board and spine) soiled; slight worming in inner margin of page 403 and onwards; last two quires lightly waterstained; a few contemporary notes in neat handwriting) ¶ Small note on title-page: "Belle totus in Christo mundus est ..." ¶ The Czech humanist Sigismund Gelen went to Basel ca 1524, where he worked for Froben as proofreader, editor and translator. His philological achievements are monumental. (Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz, online). ¶ Early edition of the translation. (Hoffmann III.69; Ebert 16723). ¶ "Beiträger: Maffei, Raffaello" (VD16: P2461)

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