Latin poems, some with French translations by the author and others.
Notes:
Signatures: pi1 a¹²(-a¹²) A-P¹² (pi1=a12).
Title in red and black.
Engraved portrait.
Woodcut title ornament, head-piece and tail-pieces.
Type ornament head-pieces.
"Bibliotheca Thuana, nunc Menarsiana carmen": P. 139-143.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
Penn Libraries copy has a few modern ms. bibliographical notes in pencil on first blank leaf at beginning of volume.
Penn Libraries copy bound in full contemporary calf; boards ruled in blind; 5 raised, gold-tooled bands on spine; gold-tooled spine panels; gold-stamped red leather spine label ("SANTO OPERA"); gold-tooled cover-edges; marbled endpapers; red silk marker; all edges red.
Penn Libraries copy: front free endpaper wanting; corners and hinges worn.
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