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AESCHYLUS

Aeschyli Tragoediae VII [...]. Scholia [...] Petri Victorii cura et diligentia
[Geneva]
Henri (II) Estienne
1557
€500 - €700

Large 4to: [8]-395 [= 397]-[3 bl.] pp. Woodcut mark on title (noli altum sapere). Almost entirely printed in Greek. (toned, burning holes in quires 'h-I' of 2nd work). Contemp. limp overl. vellum, flat spine titled in ink (soiled, head def., ties gone, endpapers gone). Very good copy (with wide margins)

First complete Greek edition of Aeschylus, incl. the editio princeps of the Agamemnon, edited by Piero Vettori (1499-1585) with corrections by Estienne. Ref. Renouard 116:5. - Schreiber 145. - GLN 2029 - Adams A-266. Prov. Old pen annotations throughout; modern pencil notes in 2nd work. Old names on front flyleaf and title (partly deleted). Bound after - APOLLONIUS RHODIUS - Argonauticoon libri IIII. Scholia vetusta in eosdem libros [...]. Cum annotationibus Henrici Stephani [...]. Ibidem, 1574. [8]-240 [= 248] pp. Dedicated to Gerardus Falkenburgius. Woodcut mark on title. Apollonius' Greek text in larger type, Latin notes in smaller type. Ref. Renouard 141:1. - Schreiber 188. - GLN 2489. - Adams A-1316