MEXÍA (Pedro). - Lot 41

MEXÍA (Pedro). De verscheyden lessen Petri Messiae, edelman van Siviliën. Amsterdam: Pieter Jacobs, 1617. - 2 parts in one volume in-8, parchment overlay, remnants of binding, smooth spine (contemporary binding). New edition, in Dutch translation, of this popular collection by the Spanish humanist, historian and chronicler Pedro Mexía (1496-1552). From the presses of Paulus Aertsz Van Ravesteyn, it is printed in Gothic script, with the text framed in black fillet. The title features an attractive woodcut frame. This is a collection of "lessons" on a variety of subjects, including history and philosophy, biographies of historical figures and moral and literary reflections. This edition includes 7 dialogues translated from French into Dutch, printed separately and paginated separately. A good copy in contemporary binding. Provenance: handwritten bookplate on title, dated Antwerp 1643.