Epistolae & orationes. Numquam ante hac excusæ

8vo. (4), 475, (1) pp. *2, A-Z8, Aa-Ff8, Gg6. With the printer's mark on the title-page. 18th century vellum.
Adams, S-578; R. Breugelmans, Leiden Imprints 1463-1600 in the Leiden University Library and Bibliotheca Thysiana, (Niewkoop, 1974), p. 91; R. Smitskamp, The Scaliger Collection, (Leiden, 1993), p. 69, no. 148.
 
FIRST EDITION, edited by Franciscus Dousa, the son of Janus Dousa, with a dedication to Paul Choart de Buzanval, dated The Hague, January 26, [1600].
At the end are printed several other works by Scaliger: Oratio in luctu Audecti Caesaris filii; Epitaphium eorum qui ad Viennam pro libertate Christiana bello turcico ceciderunt; De laudibus Anseris declamatio - Contra poetices calumniatores declamatio; De verbo inepti oratio.
 
Sevin, Charles (p. 1)
Alesme, Jean d' (p. 8)
Rangona, Costanza ( p. 13)
Scaliger, Sylvius (p. 21)
id. (p. 27)
Caumont, Geoffroy de (p. 34)
Cardano, Girolamo (p. 43)
Minutius, Gabriel (p. 48)
Vallée, Briand de (p. 65)
Caumont, Geoffroy de (p. 69)
Medici, Caterina de' (p. 70)
Caumont, Geoffroy de (p. 76)
Sevin, Charles (p. 76)
id. Agen, December 11, n.y. (p. 81)
id. Agen, March 1, n.y. (p. 83)
Galard de Brassac, Guy de. 1539 (p. 85)
Nompar de Caumont, François (p. 88)
Bergius, Petrus (p. 93)
Omphal, Jakob. July 1, n.y. (p. 95)
Le Ferron, Arnoul (p. 97)
id. (p. 100)
id. (p. 102)
id. (p. 107)
Alamandinus, Maturinus. April 1, n.y. (p. 108)
Cortada, Joannes (p. 111)
Vallé, Briand de (p. 119)
Galard de Brassac, Guy de (p. 125)
Bellavena (p. 125)
Arfuella (p. 128)
C. (p. 130)
Lur de Longa, Guillaume de (p. 132)
Boucher, Pierre (p. 134)
Senator Burdigalensis (p. 135)
Avianus, Galliardus. December 31, n.y. (p. 140)
Gryphe, Sébastien (p. 142)
Sevin, Charles. November 22, n.y. (p. 144)
id. March 22, n.y. (p. 146)
Montalbanus, Gairardus (p. 147)
Gouvea, Andres de (p. 149)
Gelida, Joannes (p. 150)
Le Ferron, Arnoul (p. 152)
Scaliger, Sylvius (p. 153)
Salel, Hugues (p. 158)
Gelida, Joannes. October 15, n.y. (p. 162)
id. (p. 163)
Thomas, Simon (p. 165)
Du Chastel, Honoré (p. 166)
Boustius, Nicholas (p. 169)
id. (p. 171)
n.r. (p. 177)
Senator Burdigalensis (p. 180)
Vallée, Briand de (p. 181)
id. (p. 182)
Du Bellay, Joachim (p. 184)
Bandello, Matteo (p. 186)
from Bandello, Matteo. Bassigny, November 22, 1553 (p. 188)
Atticus [Le Ferron, Arnoul] (p. 191)
id. (p. 192)
from Atticus [Le Ferron, Arnoul] (p. 194)
C. (p. 195)
id. (p. 200)
id. (p. 213)
from Atticus [Le Ferron, Arnoul] (p. 216)
id. (p. 217)
Vitellia, Margareta (p. 218)
id. February 1, n.y. (p. 220)
from Corasius, Joannes. Toulouse, January, 15, 1557 (p. 224)
Corasius, Joannes (p. 226)
id. (p. 229)
from Corasius, Joannes. Toulouse, July 2, n.y. (p. 232)
Atticus [Le Ferron, Arnoul]. September 13, n.y. (p. 233)
from Britannus, Robert. Bordeaux, December 1, n.y. (p. 235)
id. Paris, June 13, n.y. (p. 236)
from Maumont, Jean de (p. 238)
id. Paris, March 14, 1557 (p. 243)
Maumont, Jean de. September 23, n.y. (p. 248)
id. (p. 249)
Epo, Boethius (p. 251)
Ferrier, Auger. Agen, July 6, 1558 (p. 255)
Sevin, Charles. Agen, January 18, 1533 (p. 260)
id. Agen, January (?), 1553 (p. 262)
Vascosan, Michel. Agen, February 13, 1533 (p. 263)
Bourbon, Nicolas. Agen, December 1, 1533 (p. 265)
Le Ferron, Arnoul. Agen, October 15, 1534 (p. 267)
id. (p. 270)
Vascosan, Michel. September, 18, 1557 (p. 274)
Alesme, Jean (p. 276)
Gryphe, Sébastien. February 4, 1540 (p. 278)
Candidus lector. 1557 (p. 281)
Nompar de Caumont, François (p. 284)
Poyet, Guillaume (p. 288)
Valentina, Diana (p. 293)
Atticus [Le Ferron, Arnoul] (p. 294)
id. Agen, January 31, 1535 (p. 299)
Omphal, Jakob. Agen, May 4, 1536 (p. 302)
Le Ferron, Arnoul. Agen, June 4, n.y. (p. 310)
 
Julius Caesar Scaliger was the son of the miniature painter Benedetto Bordone of Padua. In his youth he joined the Franciscan order at Venice for a time and later frequented the printing house of Aldus Manutius. In the years 1509-1515 he served as a soldier in the wars of Italy and then studied at the University of Padua, gradua