Pindar, Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia, Geneva, 1599, morocco gilt binding for the duc de Guise

Pindar

Ολυμπια, Πυθια, Νεμεα, Ισθμια. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia. [Geneva]: Paul Estienne, 1599

4to (230 x 150mm.), woodcut Estienne device on title-page, woodcut initials and headpieces, parallel text in Greek and Latin, with blank leaf Q4, CONTEMPORARY MOROCCO ELABORATELY GILT WITH THE ARMS OF THE DUC DE GUISE [Olivier 50], flat spine similarly gilt, stubs of two pairs of blue silk ties, gilt edges

The arms are those of Louis-Henri de Lorraine (1550-1588), and the lettering "Dux Guisius | Hoc te munere donat" indicates that this is a prize binding.

LITERATURE:

USTC 451662

PROVENANCE:

P. Garidel, early signature on title-page; "Ego indignus Dionisius Troilliardus Aquensis rhetor..." (perhaps Denis Trouillas?), presentation inscription on flyleaf dated 1624 acknowledging the book as a prize ("praemium") from François, son of the duc de Guise