Title: Poiesis philosophos [in Greek, then in Latin]: Poesis philosophica, vel saltem, Reliquiae poesis philosophicae, Empedoclis, Parmenidis, Xenophanis, Cleanthis, Timonis, Epicharmi. Adiuncta sunt Orphei illius carmina qui à suis appellatus fuit ho theologos. Item Heracliti et Democriti loci quidam, & eorum epistolae Author: ** Place: [Geneva] Publisher: Henr. Stephanus [Henri Estienne] Date: 1573 Description: 222 pp. *8, a-n8 (with n8 a blank). Text in Greek with Latin headlines; title and preface in Greek and Latin. (8vo) 17.2x10 cm. (6¾x4"), 18th century red straight-grain morocco ruled in gilt, morocco endpapers; custom full red morocco folding box lined in silk. First Edition. The first printing of the surviving fragments of major pre-Socratic philosophers, including Parmenides, Empedocles, Xenophon, Cleanthes, Timon of Phlius, Epicharmus, and others, along with the letters of Heraclitus and Democritus. Edited by Henri Estienne, with Latin notes by Joseph Justus Scaliger. A volume of both great intellectual importance and bibliographic beauty. OCLC/WorldCat lists eight copies, none in the United States. Provenance: The Newby Hall copy, so named in gilt on the front cover, and armorial bookplate of Baron Grantham; The Garden Ltd., with the morocco bookplate of Haven O’More. Lot Amendments Condition: Fine condition Item number: 229316
Title: Poiesis philosophos [in Greek, then in Latin]: Poesis philosophica, vel saltem, Reliquiae poesis philosophicae, Empedoclis, Parmenidis, Xenophanis, Cleanthis, Timonis, Epicharmi. Adiuncta sunt Orphei illius carmina qui à suis appellatus fuit ho theologos. Item Heracliti et Democriti loci quidam, & eorum epistolae Author: ** Place: [Geneva] Publisher: Henr. Stephanus [Henri Estienne] Date: 1573 Description: 222 pp. *8, a-n8 (with n8 a blank). Text in Greek with Latin headlines; title and preface in Greek and Latin. (8vo) 17.2x10 cm. (6¾x4"), 18th century red straight-grain morocco ruled in gilt, morocco endpapers; custom full red morocco folding box lined in silk. First Edition. The first printing of the surviving fragments of major pre-Socratic philosophers, including Parmenides, Empedocles, Xenophon, Cleanthes, Timon of Phlius, Epicharmus, and others, along with the letters of Heraclitus and Democritus. Edited by Henri Estienne, with Latin notes by Joseph Justus Scaliger. A volume of both great intellectual importance and bibliographic beauty. OCLC/WorldCat lists eight copies, none in the United States. Provenance: The Newby Hall copy, so named in gilt on the front cover, and armorial bookplate of Baron Grantham; The Garden Ltd., with the morocco bookplate of Haven O’More. Lot Amendments Condition: Fine condition Item number: 229316
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