Xenophon, Omnia opera, [Geneva], Estienne, 1561, contemporary calf gilt

Xenophon

Omnia quae extant omnia. [Geneva]: Henri Estienne, 1561

folio (340 x 214mm.), title with woodcut cartouche at head and woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials and headpieces, text in Greek, some early annotations in Latin and Greek in different hands, a few manicules drawn in margins, contemporary calf with gilt arabesque centrepiece and gilt fleurons at corners, small hole in bb7 touching a few letters, E2 torn in gutter (not affecting text), binding rebacked and repaired at corners, slightly stained and scraped

Henri Estienne provided this edition with a comprehensive survey of previous editorial work; he also produced a second volume containing the accompanying Latin translations, which is not here present.

LITERATURE:

GLN 5726

PROVENANCE:

Obadiah Oddey, signature on title-page; Lord Trevor, engraved bookplate (obscured by the bookplate of his grandson); Lord Robert Spencer (died 1831), of Woolbeding House, bookplate with R.S. monogram with griffon crest; sale of books removed from Woolbeding House, Sussex, Sotheby's, 19 November 1970; W.R.H. Jeudwine, booklabel, sale, Bloomsbury Book Auctions, 18 September 1984, lot 130

Obadiah Oddey was an English scholar from the early eighteenth century; his manuscript notes on Dio Cassius (also based on an Estienne edition) are in Cambridge University Library.