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Alexandra. Cum eruditissimis Isacii Tzetzis commentariis, ex fide manuscripti emendatioribus factis. Adiuncta est interpretatio versuum Latina, ad verbum, per Gulielmum Canterum. Additae sunt & eiusdem G. Canteri Annotationes, nec non Epitome Cassandrae G
[Geneva]
Paul Estienne
1601
€240 - €300

4to: [16]-211-[1 bl.]-59-[1 bl.] pp. Woodcut mark on title (noli altum sapere). Printed in 2 cols. (minor toning and spotting, occasional dampstaining or worming in blank margins). Mod. limp vellum, flat spine titled in ink, red sp. edges. Very good copy

One of the best early editions of this long and proverbially obscure Greek poem (Schreiber). The slave of Cassandra (also called Alexandra), the daughter of Priam, King of Troy, gives a prophecy dealing with events from the fall of Troy to the rise of Rome. Ref. Renouard 196:10. - Schreiber 272. Prov. Blind collector's stamp

Humanism