MACROBE. In Somnium Scipionis, Lib. II. Saturnaliorum. Lib. VII. Venice : Giovanni Griffio, 1574. - In-8, supple parchment, spine, spotted edges (period binding). New edition made on the recension of J. Camerarius, first published in Basel in 1535. It gathers the two main texts of the Neoplatonist philosopher Macrobius, namely his commentaries on Cicero's "Dream of Scipio" and "The Saturnalia". The edition is illustrated with seven woodcut figures in the text, including the world map. Good copy in contemporary binding. Stained parchment, missing a nerve. Tear to the last blank page. Scattered foxing. Provenance: John Wyndham Bruce, with bookplate.