Antiquarian Books including a series of views of Milan
Antiquarian Books including a series of views of Milan
Lot Closed
October 4, 11:41 AM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Poetae Graeci principes
Οι της ηροικης ποιησεως πρωτευοντες ποιηται... Poetae Graeci principes heroici carminis, & alii nonnulli. [Geneva]: Henri Estienne, 1566
bound in 2 volumes (divided between the Iliad and the Odyssey), folio (365 x 201mm.), text in Greek, title-page ruled in red with woodcut Estienne device, section title to the Odyssey ruled in red, woodcut initials, without blank leaves cc6, Zzz4 and TTT4, nineteenth-century English diced calf, gilt fillet border, spines gilt in compartments, title-page cut down and mounted, small rusthole in c3, small marginal hole in n4 and LLL5, quires Mm-Nn extended at head and foot (either repaired or supplied from another copy), rebacked retaining most of original spines, edges and corners slightly worn
A monumental volume of classical Greek poetry in epic metre ("heroici carminis"), including the Iliad, the Odyssey, Hesiod, Orpheus, Callimachus, Aratus, Nicander, Dionysius Periegetes, and others.
LITERATURE:
GLN 2327; Schreiber, Estienne 160
PROVENANCE:
John Alfred Spranger, Trinity College Cambridge, armorial bookplate and his Florence ink stamp on *2 and final verso (but not found in the catalogue of his sale, Sotheby's, 21 November 1989); E.P. Jacobsen, printed booklabel