Andrelinus, Publius Faustus - Elegie Fausti - 1505

ANDRELINUS, Publius Faustus. – Elegiae Fausti. – Paris: Denis Roce, [1505]. – [34] leaves; 20 cm.
A fine copy of the Latin Elegies of Andrelini, an Italian poet and humanist of the second half of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th century, who died in Paris in 1518. Erasmus, with whom he corresponded, praised him on several occasions.

On the title page there is a concise title and a large engraving with the printer’s device. At the bottom appears the inscription: Venditur in Vico Sancti Iacobi in inter signio divi Martini (“Sold on Saint-Jacques Street, at the sign of Saint Martin”).

It does not include a colophon, place of printing, or date. All initials are rubricated in yellow. Cardboard binding with parchment spine. Pellechet, 733.

Very rare.