4to, xxviii, 303, [1] pp. Text in Latin & GREEK. Very little foxing, except more on title page. Marbled carboard binding. We add: idem. Ephesiacorum Libri V. De Amoribus Anthiae et Abrocomae. Accedit versio Latina Antonio Cocchi, Italica Antonii Salvini, et Gallica D.J. Luca, ex typographia Frncisci Bonsignori, 1781. 4to, xx, 197, [1 bl.], [1] pp, parallel text in GREEK, Latin, Italian and French. A few lvs. yellowed, otherwise very good. Sewn, partially unopened, blue paper cover.
+ idem. Ephesiacorum Libri V. De amoribus Anthiae et Abrocomae. London, Bowyer, 1726. 8vo, blue cardboard binding (together : 3)
The surviving work of the 2nd-3rd century Greek writer, the Ephesian Tale of Anthia and Habrocomes, one of the earliest novels as well as one of the sources for Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Habrocomes and Anthia, a devastatingly beautiful pair of wealthy origin are captured by pirates while on voyage together. This novel is one of the most action-packed and enjoyable in all of Ancient Greek literature. Xenophon of Ephesus is not to be confused with the much earlier Greek historian and soldier, Xenophon of Athens
