(1579). LE POIS (Antoine). DISCOURS SUR LES MEDALLES ET GRAVURES ANTIQUES PRINCIPALEMENT ROMAINES. Plus une Exposition particuliere de quelques planches ou tables estans sur la fin de ce livre, esquelles sont monstrees diverses Medalles & graveures antiques, rares & exquises. Paris, Mamert Patisson, 1579. Small in-4° of [8]-149 (mal ch. 147)-[3] leaves, fawn calf, boards decorated with a large central azure motif surrounded by fleur-de-lys set in a lozenge, wide spandrels bound with fillets, spine ribbed, gilt and chased edges (period binding). A curious work illustrated by Pierre Woeiriot. It contains, in addition to the portrait of the author, printed here on a separate sheet and not on the verso of the title, 20 copper-engraved hors-texte plates and 5 wood-engraved figures of rigorous workmanship. That of the Priape is intact. A fine copy, very pure, in its richly decorated contemporary binding with finely chased edges. Minor restorations to the spine and corners. From the libraries of Roger Peyrefitte and S. Brunschwig (n° 466, of the 1955 cat). (Mortimer French n°350) (Schreiber n°254) (USTC 20821).