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HESYCHIUS MILESIUS

Hèsuchiou [Greek]. Hesychii [...] de his qui eruditionis fama claruere, liber, Hadriano Iunio medico interprete

Antwerp
Chr. Plantin
1572

€200 - €300

8vo: 2 parts, 48, 78 pp. Part I entirely printed in GREEK (but for the preliminaries). Woodcut mark on titles. (missing final blank; cut short occasionally shaving printed marginalia, toned, some spotting or dampstaining). Mod. boards, flat spine with paper label. Good copy

Editio princeps of this 'Biographical Dictionary of Learned Men' by the Greek writer Hesychius of Miletus (6th c.), with a Latin version by the Dutch humanist Hadrianus Junius (1511-1575). The edition is dedicated by Plantin to the diplomat BUSBEQUIUS. "The edition contains two volumes presented as separate publications but normally sold together." (Voet) Ref. Voet (Plantin Press) 1323-1324. - Sorgeloos 220-221. - BT 1444. - Adams H-512 - Schweiger I, 147. Prov. Collector's stamp

Humanism Greek