Tragoediae XIX. [...] Graece iunctim & Latine. Latinam interpretationem M. Aemilius Portus [...] correxit [...]. Carminum ratio ex Gul. Cantero diligenter obseruata [...].

8vo: [12]-800 pp. (prelim. quire bound in wrong order; paper age-toned).

17th-c. richly gold-tooled Fanfare-style calf, covers with double framed ornamental rows, elaborate nicely tooled corner pieces, central oval with a winged burning heart and the device “et volabo et requiescam”, flat spine with a framed ornamental row and a perpendicular central row of flowery circles (sl. rubbed, corners bumped). Sold as a binding w.a.f.

First part (of 2), complete in itself, of a state-of-the-art Greek-Latin ed. of Euripides’ plays. Woodcut mark on title. The binding is tentatively ascribed to the Paris workshop of Pierre Rocolet and Antoine Padeloup (1638-1662) (pencil note on front endpaper). Ref. VD-16 E-4218. - Adams E-1037. - Hoffmann II:198. - Port (Commelin) 158. - STC German (BL) 289. Prov. Old ownership entries on title and front flyleaf.