5 parts in 1, with two separate foliations. Each part with own title-page with woodcut decorative border. [4], xliii, [blank leaf], [title-leaf], xliii-lx; liii, [blank leaf], [liii]-lxiiii, [title-leaf], [lxv]-xciii, [blank leaf]. AA4, A-P4, Q2, A-M4, N6, O-Y4, Z6. (L4, N6, & Z6 are blank leaves). (4to) 21.5x15 cm. (8½x5¾"), 19th century half calf & marbled boards, spine tooled in gilt, raised bands, morocco lettering piece, marbled endpapers, page edges stained red.
Rare early 16th century translations of and commentaries on Greek and Roman authors and philosophers by the humanist and scholar Stefano Negri, a student of Demetrius Chalcocondyles. The first part has the above title, followed by Pt. 2: Commentarioli Stephani Nigri in Aurea Carmina Pythagorae ingenuis pueris Lazaro & Georgio de Selva dicati -- Pt. 3: Opus de nimia obsoniorum appetentia per Stephanum Nigrum de Musonio graeco excerptum... -- Pt. 4: Stephanus Niger Epistolam alloquitur quae ad eximium uirum Io. Franciscum Marlianum accessum parat. -- Pt. 5: Stephani Nigri chriae quinque: praefationes tres in Homerum, in Pindarum, in T. Liuium... Only six institutional libraries are listed in OCLC as containing complete copies with all five parts, and single examples of each of the five parts are listed in five additional institutions.