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1516. BOOK. (HUMANITIES). MAXIMUS BAPTISTA MANTUANUS:. TO THE DELIGHT OF MORTALS, THE AUTHOR’S PORTRAIT IN THIS DIVINE WORK. Lyon: Stephanus Basignanas Gorgonius, 1516. Small 8vo. Unpaginated and unfoliated edition, with a two-color title page featuring an engraving of the author. Sign. a8-z8, aa8-cc8, A8-I8, K6, 1bl., AA8-KK8, LL4. A woodcut printer’s mark on the verso of the last leaf and, beneath the colophon, the coat of arms of Cardinal Sigismondo Gonzaga, also woodcut between the two sections. Italic typeface. Margins are trimmed short, especially the top margin, which in some cases affects the running title. A fine watermark affecting several central leaves and occasionally touching the text. Bound in a stiff period parchment binding with raised ribs. Remnants of a handwritten ex-libris on the title page, faded. CCPB 14425-8. Brunet, II/1375. This volume contains all the works of the Carmelite, with both parts in a single volume, with the exception of *Probae Centonae*, which, although listed in the *Tabula*, is not included in this edition and does not appear to be intended to be part of it, as there are no gaps in the pagination.