COLLIBUS, Hippolytus a (i.e. COLLI, Hippolyt von). Princeps, Consiliarius, Palatinus, sive Aulicus, et Nobilis. Editio postrema. Cum rerum et verborum indice copiosissimo. With woodcut device on title (repeated). 4 leaves, 383, (1) pp., 16 leaves. 8vo. Contemp. calf with gilt supralibros, spine gilt with titles and monograms, outer edges gilt (discreet repairs to hinges). Hanau, Wilhelm Anton, 1598-99.

A typical “Fürstenspiegel“, a collection of the rights of rulers and princes, published by the first printer at Hanau. Hippolyt von Colli (1561-1612), jurist and envoy to various European courts and countries, was born in Zurich from a Protestant Italian family. He was chancellor to Prince Christian I of Anhalt-Bernburg. Befittingly, the present copy comes from the library of the famous French historian and politician Jacques-Auguste de Thou (1533-1617), who owned one of the most splendid libraries of his time. The supralibros show his coat of arms combined with the one of his wife, Gasparde de la Chastre, and their interlaced monograms, which are repeated on the spine. - Slight browning, more pronounced toward the end. - VD 16 C 4585 (with date MDXCIX); on the binding cf. Olivier 216, 8 and 9 (illus.); not in STC or Adams.

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