Description
Libellus de utilitate et harmonia artium tum futuro iurisconsulto, tum liberalium disciplina. Antwerp: Simon Cock, 1541. Libellus compendiariam tum virtutis adipiscendae tum literarum parandarum rationem perdocens. Antwerp: S. Cock, 1541; 2 works in one volume, 8vo (143 x 88mm.), [A1-C8, D1-4, E1-I8; A1-C7, D1-8, E1-4, F1-G7], lacking c8, large woodcut on title-pages, italic letter, woodcut illustrations and initials, large woodcut coat-of-arms at the end of each work, nineteenth-century green straight-grained morocco, gilt edges, some underlining of text in second work, a few small wormholes in both works, binding slightly rubbed at edges and corners
Footnote
Note: Adams 2900 & 2899 respectively.
Brontius was a native of Douai. Both these two works contain emblems, accompanied by Latin verse and a short article.
Provenance: Robert Kirk, bookplate; John M. Cray, bookplate