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GREEK ANTHOLOGY.)
Florilegium diversorum epigrammatum in
septem libros.
Greek text. 289, [1] leaves, including final leaf with Aldine device on
verso. 8vo, 156x100 mm, 18th-century red morocco gilt, few small wormholes at top and
bottom of spine; occasional light marginal soiling.
(
Venice: House of Aldus and Andrea of Asola, January 1521)
[3,000/5,000]
Second Aldine edition of the anthology of ancient Greek and Byzantine epigrams compiled by
the 13th-century monk and scholar Maximus Planudes. The first edition was printed in 1494,
the first Aldine in 1503. Renouard, page 93(17); New UCLA 195; Hoffmann I, 168.
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HERODOTUS.
Historiae libri IX: et de vita Homeri libellus.
Latin transla-
tion by Lorenzo Valla and Conrad Heresbach; edited by Henri Estienne and prefaced with
the latter’s Apologia pro Herodoto. 27 [i. e,. 72], 630, [89] pages. 8vo, 171x106 mm, con-
temporary Wittenberg binding of blind-tooled pigskin over pasteboard by Thomas Reuter
the Younger, large panel stamps of Wittenberg arms with monogram T R dated 1573
(
front cover) and allegorical figure personifying Religion (rear cover), front cover addition-
ally stamped I W G F at top and 1601 at bottom, later red morocco lettering piece;
contents toned with occasional early underscoring and marginalia. 17th-century ownership
inscription of Jacobus Eberhardus.
Frankfurt am Main: Heirs of Andreas Wechel, 1595
[500/750]
The Wittenberg binder Thomas Reuter the Elder was active from 1567 until his death in
1595;
his son continued the business using the same tools. Hoffmann II, 236; Haebler, Rollen-
und Plattenstempel I, 392-94.
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