[Greek title] Sententiae ex thesauris Graecorum delectae [... and] Eclogarum physicarum et ethicorum libri duo [...] interprete Gulielmo Cantero, ex bibliotheca c. v. I. Sambuci [... and Loci communes sententiarum ...].

3 parts, folio: [24]-631-[30-3 bl.], [12]-207-[1 bl.], 305-[7] pp. (usual toning and spotting, title underlaid).

Contemp. leather, gilt-stamped spine with 6 raised bands (rebacked, mod. endpapers). Good copy.

Very important 1st collected ed. of all writings of Joannes Stobaeus (5th c.). His work is a major compilation of fragments from Greek authors from Antiquity (poets, philosophers, scholars). Pt. 2 is a repr. of the editio princeps by Chr. Plantin, including Plantin’s dedication to Cardinal Sirleto. Title in red and black. Printed in 2 col. with Greek near the gutter and facing Latin trsl. in italics.
Ref. Hoffmann III:630.
Prov. Old ownership entry on title. - Rugby School (armorial bookpl.).