Epistolia, Dialogi Breves, Oratiunculae, Poematia, ex variis utriusque linguae scriptoribus.

  • Estienne, Henri
  • [Geneva]: Excudebat Henr. Stephanus 1577
  • Renouard 145.4; Adams E294; not in Schreiber.

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Description

8vo, pp. [iv], 276, 120. Gathering E misbound. Nineteenth-century German sprinkled paper boards. A dampmark to corners at beginning, some other minor spotting, final few leaves with old marginal repairs. Boards rubbed and a touch worn. One or two ink annotations, 19th-century ownership stamp of Oswald Weigel to pastedown, ownership inscription to flyleaf.

Notes

A scarce anthology by Henri Estienne of short works by various ancient authors, including letters, verses, dialogues, and more. The authors include Lucian, Theocritus, Anacreon, Cicero, and more, with the Greek texts also supplied with Latin translations.

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