CLAUDIEN. Opera... Cum annotationibus perpetuis St. Claverii,... Adjecta est Coronis miscella, J. Parrhasii selecta, et M. An. Delrii notae... Parisiis, apud N. Buon, 1602.

CLAUDIAN. Opera... cum annotationibus perpetuis St. Claverii,... Adjecta est Coronis miscella, J. Parrhasii selecta, et M. An. Delrii notae... Parisiis, apud N. Buon, 1602. Two parts in 1 vol. in-4, [4 (of 6)]-270-75-9 f. (of which one blank), contemporary fawn basane, spine with 5 nerves, gilt title, sown with gilt fleur-de-lys covering the caissons and boards, the latter bordered with a gilt roulette and double fillet, gilt edges (qq. rubs and epidermis, 2 dull corners, negligent worm spot on one nerve, one guard and 2 introductory f. (index, privileges) are missing) First edition of the commentary on Claudian given by Étienne de Clavière (circa 1550 - 1622), originally from Bourges, then principal of the Collège de Sens and lawyer at the Parlement de Paris, a humanist close to Cazaubon and Scaliger. The edition was shared between three Parisian booksellers, Fouët, Buon and the widow of Guillaume Chaudière. The second part is preceded by a special title addressed to Buon. Some words formerly crossed out on p.253. A luxuriously bound copy, passed into the library of François Guizot. Provenance: Parisian Jesuit College (old ms. mention on title); François Guizot, politician and historian, 1797-1874 (ex-libris stamp on title); A. Blanchet, 1875 (sign. on one endpaper). (USTC 6016800).