1575 MORAL STORIES by PORTUGUESE HUMANIST ANDRE de RESENDE antique 16th CENTURY

André d'Evora 


Exemplorum memorabilium, cum ethnicorum, tum christianorum

Latin collection of notable examples and moral stories compiled by the Portuguese humanist and scholar André de Resende (Andreas Eborensis)

Paris: Guillaume Julian; 1575


Rarest edition of this vast moral and scholarly compilation gathering edifying examples drawn from both Pagan Antiquity and the Christian tradition to instruct readers about virtues, vices, religious duties and exemplary human behaviors

The work is part of the Renaissance humanist tradition, which sought to reconcile the moral heritage of ancient authors with Christian teaching, using historical narratives, famous anecdotes and biographies of remarkable people as instruments of spiritual and intellectual education

André d’Evora gathers a multitude of examples borrowed from Greek and Latin historians, from ancient philosophers, from biblical texts, from the lives of saints, from medieval chroniclers and ecclesiastical authors, organizing these narratives by moral themes such as courage, justice, fidelity, temperance, piety, charity or also pride, greed and cruelty 


Original binding is tight, but leather has been destroyed (as visible on the photos)
Spine with raised bands, also with missing leather.


Good interior condition,  superb vignette on the title page, text in two columns,

manuscript annotation to the front pastedown

lacks endpapers

 Size: 4 1/4 by 6 3/4"

Text in Latin
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André de Resende (1498–1573), a prominent Portuguese Renaissance humanist, archaeologist, and theologian from Évora. 

The offered book is compilation of memorable anecdotes, moral tales, and historical examples drawn from both classical pagan ("ethnicorum") and Christian ("christianorum") trusted writers and authorities
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