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Poetae Graeci principes | [Geneva]: Henri Estienne, 1566, 2 volumes in one, later blind-tooled calf

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Poetae graeci principes


Οι της ηρωικης ποιησεως πρωτευοντες ποιηται... Poetae graeci principes heroici carminis et alii nonnulli. [Geneva]: Henri Estienne, 1566


2 volumes in one, folio (366 x 212mm.), woodcut Estienne device on title-page, text in Greek, with blank leaves cc6, Zzz4 and TTT4, nineteenth-century blind-tooled calf, small area of damage to foot of title-page, occasional light foxing, joints split, spine chipped


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, Estiennes 160


PROVENANCE:

The Loverdos Collection: gilt bookplate and library stamp to rear pastedown

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