Live auction - Lot 1110
[Estienne - Greek tragedy]
Tragoediae selectae Aeschyli, Sophoclis, Euripidis. Cum duplici interpretatione Latina, una ad verbum, altera carmine. Ennianae interpretationes locorum aliquot Euripidis.
[Geneva], H. Estienne, 1567
€ 700 / 800
Place your (telephone) bidLive bidding (Drouot*) Live bidding (Invaluable*)
* 2% online commission in addition to our 28% commission
Lot description
16mo: [4]-279 [= 379]-[5 bl.]-955 pp.
Contemp. overl. vellum, spine titled in ink. Very good copy.
"A pocket ed. for the "common reader" of 8 Greek tragedies (1 by Aeschylus, 3 by Sophocles, 4 by Euripides). The Greek text of each play (except Prometheus) is accompanied by two Latin versions (in verse and prose). The translations are by Erasmus, Melanchthon, Buchanan, Camerarius, and Ratallerus" (Schreiber). Woodcut mark on title.
Ref. GLN-2346. - Renouard 130:5. - Schreiber 169. - Erasmus Online 4225.