1573 APOPHTHEGMATA by encyclopedist Conrad Lycosthenes antique 16th cent BINDING

Lykosthenes, Konrad. 

Apophthegmatum ex optimis utriusque linguae scriptoribus quum priscis, tum recentioribus.
Parabolarum item seu similitudinum, loci communes.
Denuo aucti, ad trium exemplarium collationem accuraté recogniti, & in ordinem alphabeticum digesti.


Lausanne, Franciscus Le Preux, 1573


1050 pp.

Original eather binding  (stained and chipped, spine expertly restored, the covers with the owner's initials scraped out) with  cover fillet and hand tooled gilt ornamental center piece on both covers

- Cf. STC 293. –


Lausanne printing of the Apophthegmata by the humanist encyclopedist Conrad Lycosthenes (1518–1561), first published in 1555, "undoubtedly one of his most substantial works" (ADB XIX, 727).
Extensive collection of maxims handed down from antiquity and humanism. 

Somewhat damp-stained at the edges, more so at the beginning.

Size: 4 1/2 by 6 3/4 inches

Text in Latin
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Conrad Lycosthenes (8 August 1518 – 25 March 1561), born Conrad Wolffhart, was an Alsatian humanist and encyclopedist.
Deacon of Saint Leonard in Basel, professor of grammar and dialectics, Lycosthenes had a passion for the study of nature and geophysics.
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