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[GREEK LYRIC POETS]

Carminum poetarum novem, lyricae poeseos principum, fragmenta. Alcaei, Sapphus, Stesichori, Ibyci, Anacreontis, Bacchylidis, Simonidis, Alcmanis, Pindari. Nonnulla etiam aliorum. Cum Latina interpretatione, partim soluta oratione, partim carmine. Editio t

[Geneva]
Henri (II) Estienne
1586

€180 - €240

16mo: 300-[4 bl.] pp. Greek text with facing Latin translation. Woodcut mark on title. (toned, some minor soiling). Late 18th-c. gilt black morocco, covers with gilt ruled border, gilt flat spine with label, a.e.g., gilt inside dentelles, marbled endpapers, pink silk marker (sl. rubbed). Good copy

Third and most important (1st 1560, 2nd 1566) of Henri Estienne's editions of the Greek lyric poets, published in addition to his edition of Pindar (not present here), but complete in itself. Ref. Renouard 151:2. - Schreiber 214. - GLN 5924. - Adams P-1230. Prov. Ownership entries on title ('abbé de Pompone'[?]; deleted) and front flyleaf

Humanism Greek