Tragoediae septem. Nunc primùm quàm diligentissimè, ex variorum codicum collatione, castigatae.

16mo: 224 ff.

Contemp. red morocco, central gilt coat of arms in a triple fillet frame, gilt-orn. spine with cypher and raised bands, gilt roll on squares and turn-ins, a.e.g. (sm. dark stain on upper board). Very good copy.

Rare edition, with 10 (and not 7) tragedies : Hercules furens, Thyestes, Thebais, Hippolytus, Oedipus, Troas, Medea, Agamemnon, Octavia, Hercules Oetaeus. Two Jérôme de Marnef printer's marks: pelican mark on title and griffin mark imitating that of Gryphe with the motto "Comes invidia, virtutis et gloria" on last f.
Ref. Adams S-906. - Not in USTC.
Prov. Charles de Castellan (†1676/77), commendatory abbot of Saint-Èvre in Toul (1663), who donated his library to the abbeys of Saint-Èvre, Sauve-Majeure, and Sainte-Croix in Bordeaux (supralibros: coat of arms and cypher "CC"; ref. Olivier 802-1). - Jean de Bordeaux (ms. entry on title). - Another ms. entry deleted on title.