Borsius, Marcus, attrib. author.

Ex obscuroru[m] virorum salibus cribrat[us] dialogus no[m]minus eruditionis qua[m] macaronices amplectens.

      No publisher/printer no date [1520], No place [Germany?] - Related to the Reformation work Epistolae obscurorum virorum, the present small production is a macaronic satire in dialogue form with the interlocutors "M. Ortuinus, M. Lupoldus, M. Gingolphus, Erasmus, Reuchlin, Faber Stapulensis." In earlier editions it travelled under the title Dyalogus nouus & mire festiuus ex quorunda[m] viroru[m] salibus cribratus. This edition is not in VD16 and only one copy is located via WorldCat. COPAC records are too abbreviated to determine if any library owns a copy. Provenance: Two 16th-century ownership signatures on title-page: Simon Albach, undated, and Marcus Albinastes, 1583. Small 8vo (13.5 cm; 5.25"). [20] ff. (last blank). This edition not in VD16; not in Index Aurel. Mid-20th-century marbled paper wrappers; old library bookplate. Title-page and a few margins with finger oil or other stains; on endpaper opposite title-page in a very old hand, "Very rare." Else, a very good copy. [Attributes: Soft Cover]