SOPHOCLES. Sophoclis Tragoediae Septem, Cum Interpretationibus Vetustis & valde utilibus. Frankfurt: Petrus Brubach, 1544. 4to signed in 8s (226 x 165mm.) Title in red and black, text in Greek with commentary surround, woodcut headlines and initials, printer's colophon to rear with device representing Janus Bifrons. (Toning, occasional browning, partial crease on title-page, notes in an 18th century manuscript hand on title, lacking blanks.) Contemporary German elaborately blind-stamped pigskin with date '1544', mounted paper label to spine (some soiling, extremities rubbed). Provenance: Adam Krolik (name tooled to the upper cover).
SOPHOCLES. Sophoclis Tragoediae Septem, Cum Interpretationibus Vetustis & valde utilibus. Frankfurt: Petrus Brubach, 1544. 4to signed in 8s (226 x 165mm.) Title in red and black, text in Greek with commentary surround, woodcut headlines and initials, printer's colophon to rear with device representing Janus Bifrons. (Toning, occasional browning, partial crease on title-page, notes in an 18th century manuscript hand on title, lacking blanks.) Contemporary German elaborately blind-stamped pigskin with date '1544', mounted paper label to spine (some soiling, extremities rubbed). Provenance: Adam Krolik (name tooled to the upper cover).
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