(1584). TACITUS. OPERA OMNIA. J. Lipsius denuo castigavit. Lyon, Antoine Gryphe, 1584. In-16 of 906-[52]-2bl. pages, red morocco, framed on the boards and spine with a border of foliage, large oval medallions of foliage on the boards each containing a flower, coat of arms in the centre, fillet on the edges, gilt edges (contemporary binding). BEAUTIFUL, REGULATED EXEMPLAIRE IN A BEAUTIFUL BINDING WITH THE ARMS OF PIETRO DUODO (1554-1611), ambassador of the Republic of Venice at the court of Henri IV from 1594 to 1597. This bibliophile had a portable library in which all the books were bound in the same way, with only the colour of the morocco varying according to the subject: olive green was reserved for works of literature, lemon for medicine and botany, and red for history and philosophy. These bindings were once attributed to the Ève workshop and it was long thought that they were made for Queen Marguerite de Valois, due to the presence of a daisy among the characteristic floral decoration. A very fine copy, the binding has retained all its lustre, with minor defects. From the library of Léon Rattier with his gilt bookplate on red leather (Baudrier VIII, 388) (USTC 142144).