Aphthonius and Hermogenes, Florence, Giunta, 1515, later crushed morocco gilt, Firmin-Didot copy

Aphthonius and Hermogenes

In hoc volumine haec continentur. Ausonii sophistae praeludia. Hermogenis rhetorica. (Florence: Filippo Giunta, July 1515)

8vo (172 x 103mm.), text in Greek, woodcut Giunta device on final verso, crushed brown morocco by Lortic with central arabesque gilt centrepiece, spine gilt in compartments, gilt dentelles, top edge gilt, OTHERS UNCUT

The fourth-century sophist Aphthonius studied in Antioch with Libanius.

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PROVENANCE:

Ambroise Firmin-Didot, red morocco gilt booklabel, sale, Paris, June 1878, lot 318 ("très bel exemplaire")