Stephen, Henricus. Epistolia, dialogi breves, oratiunculae, poematia, Ex variis utrusque (sc. Graecae et Latinae) linguae scriptoribus. Inter poematia autem est Satyra elegantissima, quae inscribitur Lis, non prius edita. 2 Bl., 276, 120 pp. With woodcut printer stamp on the title. 16.5 x 10 cm. Leather of the 18th century. (Geneva), H. Stephanus, 1577. Renouard, Estienne 145,4. Brunet II, 1081. Ebert 6854 (under Epistolia). Schweiger II,779. – Selection of classical patterns for short and precise expression in the literary genres mentioned in the title. Born in Lübeck, Ianus Gulielmus died early in the 19th century. Wilms od. Wilhelms (1555-84) was the most important German Latinist of the late 16th century. ==References== In 1583 he turned to Paris, warmly welcomed by the leading French humanists such as Scaliger, Puteanus, de Thou and others. "In 1583 in Paris he published his most mature work, the 'Plautinarum quaestionum commentarius' (Bursian 241), as the fruit of his invading engagement with Plautus. Both works were tanned and continuously somewhat water-wrapped and with some worm tracks in the Sentence mirror. I. towards the end also mordish, the last 3 Bl. with old glued cracks and some text loss. First title stamped (Gymnasium Zittau). – Attached: Ianus Gulielmus. Plautinarum quaestionum commentarius. 16 Bl., 324 pp., 5 Bl. With woodcut printer stamp on the title. Paris, G. Beys, 1583.