Varia Opuscula, quorum indicem sequens pagina demonstrabit, 2 parts in one, Venice: [Aldine press], 1565, 156ff., printer's woodcut device to title of each part, faint signature to title with slight area of abrasion and consequent small hole, occasional early ink annotation marks to fore-edges, final leaf with few small holes & tipped-down to rear free endpaper at fore-edge, occasional light dampstaining, late 18th/early 19th century vellum gilt, small 8vo Adams B2090; Renouard 198, 15. This volume in 2 parts; the first is preceded by a letter from the author to Queen Elizabeth I of England and contains 5 prose works: De Optimo Principe, De Bello et Pace, Pro Philosophia et Eloquentia, Aemilii Accusatio & Aemilii Defensio, and Oratio Pro L. Virginio. The final 4 works each bear a dedication, to Mary, Queen of Scots, Francis Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford, Lord William Cecil and Lord William Metlan. The second part consists of two books of poems. (1)
Varia Opuscula, quorum indicem sequens pagina demonstrabit, 2 parts in one, Venice: [Aldine press], 1565, 156ff., printer's woodcut device to title of each part, faint signature to title with slight area of abrasion and consequent small hole, occasional early ink annotation marks to fore-edges, final leaf with few small holes & tipped-down to rear free endpaper at fore-edge, occasional light dampstaining, late 18th/early 19th century vellum gilt, small 8vo Adams B2090; Renouard 198, 15. This volume in 2 parts; the first is preceded by a letter from the author to Queen Elizabeth I of England and contains 5 prose works: De Optimo Principe, De Bello et Pace, Pro Philosophia et Eloquentia, Aemilii Accusatio & Aemilii Defensio, and Oratio Pro L. Virginio. The final 4 works each bear a dedication, to Mary, Queen of Scots, Francis Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford, Lord William Cecil and Lord William Metlan. The second part consists of two books of poems. (1)
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