Salvianus Massiliensis, De vero iudicio et prouidentia, Rome, Paolo Manuzio, 1564, Parisian olive green morocco, between 1587 and 1601, for de Thou

Salvianus Massiliensis. Saluiani, episcopi Massiliensis, De vero iudicio et prouidentia Dei libri VIII Maximi Taurinensis homiliae. Paciani Barcilonensis de paenitentia, & confessione. Sulpicii Seueri sacrae historiae libri duo. Dorothei Tyrii de prophetis, & discipulis Domini. Haymonis Halberstattensis sacrae historiae epitome. Adiunctis in tres posteriores Petri Galesinii notationibus. Index nominum & rerum insignium. Rome: Paolo Manuzio, 1564

This edition reflects the Aldine press’s engagement with ecclesiastical scholarship under papal patronage. It collects key early Christian texts, including works by Salvian of Marseille, Maximus of Turin, and Sulpicius Severus, with annotations by Pietro Galesini. This copy, in a fine contemporary Parisian morocco binding (1587–1601) for Jacques Auguste de Thou, later passed through the libraries of Antoine-Augustin Renouard, Lord Vernon (Sudbury Hall), and Robert Stayner Holford.

Folio (325 x 222 mm). Roman, Greek and Hebrew types, 49 lines plus headline. collation: a⁶ A-Z⁶ AA-CC⁶ DD⁴ EE-II⁶ kk-mm⁶: 214 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device to title-page, decorated initials, guide letters in initial spaces. (Slight toning, occasional light spotting.)

binding: Parisian olive green morocco (331 x 227 mm), between 1587 and 1601, for de Thou with his arms impaled with those of his first wife Marie de Barbaçon de Cany, their monogram in spine compartments, gilt edges. (Light rubbing, spine sunned, wear to head and foot, covers with some small scratches.)

provenance: Jacques Auguste de Thou (1553-1617), supralibros, his arms impaled with those of his first wife, Marie Barbançon-Cany (m. 1587, d. 1601), on covers, their monogram on spine (OHR 216, fers 5 and 6) — Pierre Dupuy, Paris, 7 April 1680, I, p. 54 — François-Michel de Verthamon, marquis de Breau (1667-1738), ex libris — Antoine-Augustin Renouard (1765-1853), number under anchor "2259" probably his inventory number; Catalogue de la bibliothèque d’un amateur avec notes bibliographiques, critiques, et littéraire (Paris 1819), I, p. 71; his sale, R.H. Evans London, 23-30 June 1834, lot 1446; purchased by — Payne & Foss, London — George John Warren, 5^th Baron Vernon (1803-1866); A catalogue of the library at Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire (ca. 1836-1840?), "Thuanus's copy, morocco" — Robert Stayner Holford (1808-1892) — by descent to Lt. Col. Sir George Lindsay Holford (1860-1926); his sale, Sotheby's London, 5-9 December 1927, lot 732; purchased by — Bernard Quaritch, London; Catalogue 520 (London 1936), item 716 — Christie's London, 2 June 1999, lot 129 (realized £7650). acquisition: Purchased at Christie's via Halwas. references: UCLA 733; Renouard 194/5; Edit16 27816; USTC 854358; Barberi p. 135