Budé | Commentarii linguae graecae, Paris, Estienne, 1548, later vellum

Guillaume Budé

Commentarii linguae graecae... accurate recognite, atque amplius tertia parte aucti. Paris: Robert Estienne, 1548

folio (340 x 217mm.), woodcut Estienne device on title, text in Greek and Latin, errata corrected in an early hand and the errata leaf crossed through with the word "emendavi", later vellum rebacked with vellum, library stamp washed from title-page, a few small stains, a few wormholes and stains to binding

Budé's magisterial guide to Greek prose usage, arranged thematically rather than alphabetically, and based on his own voracious reading. It was first published in 1529, and expanded using the notes in his own copy to prepare this posthumous edition.

LITERATURE:

Schreiber 100; USTC 149947