Epistolarum lib. IIII. Eiusdem Orationes XII. De animorum immortalitate lib. III. Quòd scripta est oratio in L. Muraenam, praemissa sunt quaedam ex M. Tullij oratione pro L. Muraena

Two parts in one volume, 8vo. 456 pp. (Epistolae and Orationes) + 98, (2) pp. (De animorum immortalitate libri III). a-z8, A-E8, F4, aa-ff8, gg2. With the printer's device on the title-pages and at the end. Contemporary limp vellum with overlapping edges, manuscript title on spine. Ex-libris Galletti-Landau.
E. Gallina, Aonio Paleario, Vol. I: Bibliografia, biografia, opere, (Sora, 1989), pp. 23-24, no. 1.
 
FIRST EDITION of Paleario's letters and orations (among them the famous apology Pro se ipso) and third edition of his major work, De animorum immortalitate libri III. Other editions with the same content appeared in the following years in Basle: Johann Oporinus [ca. 1564], Thomas Guarin [ca. 1567] and [ca. 1571]. The volume is dedicated by Paleario to the editor Sébastien Gryphe.
The collection, divided into 4 books, gathers overall 78 letters, of which 20 are addressed by different senders to Paleario. One letter is addressed by Marco Casali to Paleario's family.
Le “lettere… furono raccolte dal Paleario stesso, a scopo autobiografico (vi ritroviamo il racconto degli avvenimenti della sua vita, dipinti con i colori della tavolozza di Cicerone!), con un criterio di approssimazione cronologica, e dietro opportuni ritocchi e rimaneggiamenti. In moltissime manca la data; in nessuna è segnato l'anno” (E. Gallina, op. cit., p. 781; see also pp. 782-786).
 
(Book I:)
Mauro d'Arcano, [Giovanni]. Roma, [August, 1525?] (p. 7)
id. Roma, [a. May 28, 1526] (p. 9)
id. [Roma] (p. 11)
id. Roma, [1529] (p. 14)
id. Perugia, [p. February 14, 1530] (p. 16)
Frangipani, Cinzio. Siena, [a. September 26, 1533] (p. 19)
Filonardi, Ennio, Bishop of Veroli. Siena (p. 21)
Frangipani, Cinzio. Siena, [a. September 26, 1533] (p. 23)
Boni, Francesco and Pavoni, Matteo. [Siena, end of 1530] (p. 26)
Martelli, Giovanni. (p. 29)
Maffei, Bernardino. [Siena, p. Summer 1532] (p. 30)
Pterix Gallus. [1533] (p. 32)
Mauro d'Arcano, [Giovanni]. Siena, [September, 1533] (p. 34)
Lampridio, Giovanni [Benedetto]. Siena, [a. October 27, 1533] (p. 36)
Bembo, Pietro. Siena, December 25, [1533] (p. 38)
from Bembo, Pietro. [1533-1534] (p. 39)
from Maffei, Bernardino. Roma, March 5, [1536] (p. 41)
Maffei, Bernardino. Padova, February 1, [1536] (p. 43)
 
(Book II:)
Sadoleto, Jacopo. Padova, February 11, [1536] (p. 46)
id. Siena, [a. Spring, 1536] (p. 48)
from Sadoleto, Jacopo. Carpentras, May 27, [1536] (p. 49)
Mellini, Pietro. October 25, [1537] (p. 51)
from Mellini, Pietro. Roma, November 18, [1537] (p. 55)
Sadoleto, Paolo. Siena, June 11, [1536] (p. 57)
Filonardi, Ennio. Siena, March 1, [1538] (p. 60)
Sadoleto, Jacopo. Cecignano, July 5, [1538] (p. 63)
Giovannini, Luca, Bishop. Cecignano, [1538] (p. 65)
Vettori, Pier. Colle Val d'Elsa, December 25, [1535] (p. 66)
from Vettori, Pier. [Firenze], January 22, [1536] (p. 68)
Vettori, Pier. Cecignano, February 21, [1536] (p. 70)
Verino, Francesco. Colle Val d'Elsa, April 11 (p. 73)
id. (p. 75)
Panciatichi, Bartolomeo. Colle Val d'Elsa, April 18 (p. 79)
Bembo, Pietro. [1539] (p. 81)
Filonardi, Antonio, Bishop of Veroli. Siena, July 28 (p. 84)
 
(Book III:)
Ricci, Pier Francesco. Colle Val d'Elsa, August 3, [1541] (p. 87)
Campani, Francesco. Siena, September 4, [1541] (p. 91)
from Bellanti, Fausto. Areola castle, [1541] (p. 92)
Bellanti, Fausto. Roma, February 13, [1541] (p. 94)
from Bellanti, Fausto. [1541] (p. 96)
Bellanti, Fausto. [Roma?, 1541] (p. 99)
id. Roma, March 6, [1541] (p. 101)
Pterix Gallus. [Roma] (p. 104)
id. [Viterbo, a. May 1542] (p. 105)
Thomas, Magister Sacri Palatii (Master of the Sacred Palace). [Viterbo, a. May 1542] (p. 107)
Pterix Gallus. (p. 114)
Bandini [Piccolomini], Francesco, Archbishop of Siena. Colle Val d'Elsa, [2nd half of 1542] (p. 115)
Malavolta, Orazio. Colle Val d'Elsa, [1542] (p. 121)
from Placido, Antonio. Siena, [1542] (p. 124)
Placido, Antonio. [1542] (p. 128)
Corsini, Francesco. Areola Castle, July 25, [1543] (p. 133)
Visconti, Alessandro, Governor of Siena. From the Argiano of Bellanti, Ap