SIDOINE APOLLINAIRE, Opera castigata et restituta. Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1552. In-8, overlapping vellum, skin binding (contemporary binding). First edition by Élie Vinet of the works of Sidoine Apollinaire, printed in Lyon by Jean de Tournes. This is only the third edition of his works, following two incunabula published in Utrecht before 1474 and in Milan in 1498. Sidoine Apollinaire (430-486), born in Lyon, was prefect of Rome and bishop of Auvergne. His work includes some twenty panegyrics and secular poems and a collection of 146 letters divided into nine books. An attractive copy in its original binding. 16 blank pages have been added at the end of the volume, the second of which contains a note in Latin dedicated to the author by a contemporary hand. Ex-libris signed Pitard on one endpaper and handwritten mention at the top of the title. Stamp scratched and small worm work in the blank of the title; a few leaves uniformly foxed. Cartier, n°231.