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ISOCRATES

Logoi kai Epistolai [Greek] / Orationes et Epistolae

Geneva
Ex. Henricus Stephanus
1593

€300 - €500

In-folio (34 x 20,7 cm), [28] + 427 + 131 + XXIIII + [8] + 31 + [18] pp. Parallel text in two columns: GREEK and Latin. Age-toned, some small marginal stains. Manuscript ex libris on title page. Contemporary gilt vellum binding with raised bands (some stains, loss of closing ties)

Scarce edition. Among the most influential Greek rhetoricians of his time, Isocrates (436-338 BC) made many contributions to rhetoric. The work contains a.o. a collection of the orations directed to the rulers of Salamis on Cyprus, in which he advises rulers on how to rule best. Isocrates had a great influence on Cicero. Les discours d'Isocrate sont présentés dans la version établie par Hieronymus Wolf et revue par Estienne, qui y ajoute une série de « Diatribae ». Cette édition constitue le dernier grand ouvrage réalisé par Estienne.
Ref. Adams I-219 ; Machiels I-94 ; GLN 15-16 n° 3629 ; Dibdin II, 126

Greek