Live auction - Lot 880
[Prize binding - Utrecht]
[Greek]. Euripidis tragoedia Hippolytus, quam, Latino carmine conversam a Georgio Ratallero, adnotationibus instruxit Ludovicus Casparus Valckenaer.
Leiden, J. Luzac & J. Le Mair, 1768
€ 180 / 220
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Lot description
4to (min. marg. soiling or spotting).
Contemp. gold-tooled vellum, covers with gilt arms within framework with corner pieces, spine with raised bands titled in ink, sp. edges (sl. soiled). Very good copy.
Scholarly ed., incl. the Latin translation by Georg Rataller (1528-1581).
Ref. STCN 238032841. - Hoffmann II:209.
Prov. Utrecht prize binding with the prize awarded 16 April 1821 to Fredericus Zevenhuijzen, signed by 5 curators. Ref. Spoelder (Utrecht) 6.
Joined, same author, format and binding (pink ties): [...] tragoedia Phoenissae, interpretationem addidit Hugonis Grotii, Graeca castigavit e manuscriptis, atque adnotationibus instruxit, scholia subiecit, Ludovicus Casparus Valckenaer. Leiden, S. (III) & J. Luchtmans, 1802. (Some spotting, sl. warping). Scholarly ed. incl. the Latin version of H. Grotius. Prov. Id. (prize gone). (2 vol.)