Silva de Varia Lecion agora ultimamente emendada y de la quarta parte añadida
Subtitle: Dirigida à la Sacra C.C.M..
By: Compuesta por el Magnifico Cavallero Pedro Mexia, Vezino de Sevilla :
Publisher: En casa de la Biuda y herederos de Ivan Bellero
Published: 1603
Place of publication: En Anvers [Antwerp]
Language: spa
Number of pages: 898
Notes: The author of this work, 'poet, historian, and anthologist ... [was] Imperial historian to Charles V from 1548. An Erasmian, Mejía [or Mexía] corresponded with Erasmus, and was also much influenced by his 'Adagia', 'Colloquia', and 'Enchiridion' ... The 'Silva de varia lección', the bedside book of the age, was reprinted 33 times in 150 years. Modelled on the structure of the 'Noctes atticae' of Aulus Gellius, the 'Silva' borrows its miscellaneous matter from predominantly classical authors, among them Athenaeus, Macrobius,and Pliny (Historia naturalis)' [OCSL]

The 'Silva' first appeared in Seville, in 1543; it was reprinted many times with ample additions.

Vignette on title-page is printer's device of Jean Bellero of Antwerp, 1554-1582 [Silvestre 962]; each of the four books has caption title.

Palau 167280 [segunda variente].
Table of contents: title: Contains, after title-page: 'Prologo'; 'Prohemio y Prefacion de la obra'; 'Comiença la Tabla de la presente obra', covering the four parts; 'Los autores y libros, que en el processo de esta Silva se alegan ... ', all preceding the main text.