Ioannes Gagnaeus - Brevissima et facillima in omnes D. Pauli epistolas scholia - 1550

One volume in-8, 303 leaves. Binding of the 18th century in full polished calf, boards ornamented with triple gilt fillets, spine with raised bands, boards gilt-edged.
"Jean de Gaigny (died in 1549) was the first chaplain and ordinary preacher of Francis I. A brilliant scholar, a great collector of manuscripts, he was very uncompromising in the defense of the Catholic faith. A friend of many scholars, he quarreled late in life with the printer and humanist Robert Estienne."
Top cap poorly restored, bottom cap with leather loss, hinge of the first board split. Interior fresh