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DEMOSTHENES

Orationes duae, altera quidem contra Androtionem, altera uero De immunitate aduersus Leptinem, nuper & latinitate donatae, & in studiosorum gratiam editae. Bassiano Lando Placentino, et Petro Nannio Alcmariano interpretibus

Basel
(Joannes Oporinus)
(1544, April)

€650 - €850

8vo: 159-[1 bl.] pp. (toned). Old vellum, flat spine with gilt title label, red edges (front inner joint broken, some worming in lower cover). Good copy

Extr. rare Latin versions of two speeches by Demosthenes. The first translated by the Piacenza born humanist physician Bassiano Landi (d. ca. 1563); the second one (pp. 49-159) by the Leuven humanist Petrus Nannius (1496-1667), professor of Latin at the Collegium Trilingue. Nannius dedicated his version to the diplomat Nicolaus Olahus. Ref. VD16 ZV 26702. - USTC 632380. - Not in Adams, Limo, Unicat

Humanism