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

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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.

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Lot 1110

Tragoediae selectae Aeschyli, Sophoclis, Euripidis. Cum duplici interpretatione Latina, una ad verbum, altera carmine. Ennianae interpretationes locorum aliquot Euripidis.

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