Demosthenes | Orationum pars prima, Venice, Paolo Manuzio, 1554, old English calf

Demosthenes

Orationum pars prima. Venice: Paolo Manuzio, 1554

8vo (145 x 94mm.), text in Greek, woodcut Aldine device on title-page, woodcut initials, old English calf with blind and gilt fillet borders, old manuscript notes in English hands on flyleaves, h2-4 torn with slight loss, small tear to final leaf, binding slightly rubbed, upper joint cracked at head, spine chipped at head

The first of a three-volume set of the speeches of Demosthenes in Greek, edited by Paolo Manuzio.

LITERATURE

Edit16 16746; Renouard 160/10; UCLA 465 (all referring to all 3 parts)

PROVENANCE

Cornwell House, ink stamp on flyleaf