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AESCHYLUS

Aeschyli Tragoediae VII [...]. Scholia [...] Petri Victorii cura et diligentia

[Geneva]
Henri (II) Estienne
1557

€400 - €500

Large 4to: [8]-395 [= 397]-[3 bl.] pp. Woodcut mark on title. Almost entirely printed in Greek. (lower half dampstained, sm. wormtrack in blank bottom margin of central quires s-z). Mod. limp vellum wrappers, flat spine with typed title pasted on, earlier red sp. edges. Very good copy

First complete Greek edition of Aeschylus, incl. the editio princeps of the Agamemnon, edited by Piero Vettori (1499-1585) with corrections by Estienne. Ref. Renouard 116:5. - Schreiber 145. - GLN 2029 - Adams A-266. Prov. Pp. 178-198 heavily annotated (beginning of the Agamenon). Ownership entry of the Paris Jesuits on title

Greek Humanism