16°, 431, [15, 2 bl] pp, missing title, some minor spotting. Contemp. richly gold-tooled calf, covers with rich ornamental design within rectangular frames, gilt central arms on upper cover and name 'Paul. Foss.' on lower cover. Gilt spine with four raised bands, gauffered edges (rubbed, head def.). Good copy
Scholarly ed. of Sophocles' plays by the Leuven based scholar Willem Canter (1542-1575). Entirely printed in the elegant Greek font drawn and cut for the Antwerp printing house by the Lyonnese type-cutter Robert Granjon (but for Canter's Notae at the end). The merits of Plantin are very considerable; for it is to him that we are indebted for the present form of the arrangement of the Plays"" (Dibdin). Ref.: Voet 2224; BT 4383; Adams S-1499 and not in Sorgeloos Prov.: Sale Catalogue of the Libri Collection, Sotheby, 1862, n° 708
