BAÏF (Lazare de).

Annotationes in L.II. De captivis... de Re navali... De auro & argento leg. quibus Vestimentorum & Vasculorum. Paris, Robert Estienne, 1549. 2 parts in one volume in-4, fawn calf, double framed with three cold fillets, small gilt fleuron at the corners, medallion in the centre decorated with interlacing on an azure background, spine decorated (Binding of the time). Brun, p. 116. - Renouard, Estienne, p. 75, n°22. Reprint of the original edition of 1536, also published by Estienne, decorated with numerous figures on wood representing ships, costumes and ancient vases. Famous work by Lazare de Baïf (1496-1547), humanist who was adviser and ambassador to François I and the protector of the young Ronsard at the French court, containing three texts on naval art, costumes, and vase decoration among the ancients. It ends with a treatise on colours by Antonio Telesio, the Libellus de coloribus. Engraved bookplate from the library of Em. Mancel library. Marginal worm hole, slight foxing. Spine redone, lining and endpapers renewed.