THEOCRITUS (c.310 - c.250 B.C .). Eclogae triginta . HESIOD (c. 7th century B.C .), Theogonia . And other works in Greek. Edited by Aldus Manutius Venice: Aldus Manutius February 1495. Super-chancery 2° (290 x 195mm). 140 leaves (A.A1-2, GG.??22-3, e.e3, 6 and 8 lacking and supplied in very neat pen and ink facsimile). Second state, with corrected setting, of quires F (two outermost sheets) and G. Type 1:146Gk. 30 lines. 38 woodcut floral or interlaced headpieces printed from 8 blocks, 40 woodcut Greek initials (20 blocks). (A number of leaves mounted or with margins added, A.A8 with repaired tear, a few small stains and wormholes, washed.) Late 18th-century tree calf, gilt spine with black and red morocco lettering-pieces, marbled endpapers. Provenance : J.J. Middleton (19th-century booklabel).
THEOCRITUS (c.310 - c.250 B.C .). Eclogae triginta . HESIOD (c. 7th century B.C .), Theogonia . And other works in Greek. Edited by Aldus Manutius Venice: Aldus Manutius February 1495. Super-chancery 2° (290 x 195mm). 140 leaves (A.A1-2, GG.??22-3, e.e3, 6 and 8 lacking and supplied in very neat pen and ink facsimile). Second state, with corrected setting, of quires F (two outermost sheets) and G. Type 1:146Gk. 30 lines. 38 woodcut floral or interlaced headpieces printed from 8 blocks, 40 woodcut Greek initials (20 blocks). (A number of leaves mounted or with margins added, A.A8 with repaired tear, a few small stains and wormholes, washed.) Late 18th-century tree calf, gilt spine with black and red morocco lettering-pieces, marbled endpapers. Provenance : J.J. Middleton (19th-century booklabel). Corrected issue of the editio princeps of twelve Theocritean idylls, Theognis, Sentences of the Seven Sages , Hesiod's Theogony and Heracles' Shield . HC *15477; BMC V, 554 (IB. 24408); IGI 9497; Sander 7235; Essling 888; Flodr 80 Theo. 1; Renouard 5.3; Goff T-144
THEOCRITUS (c.310 - c.250 B.C .). Eclogae triginta . HESIOD (c. 7th century B.C .), Theogonia . And other works in Greek. Edited by Aldus Manutius Venice: Aldus Manutius February 1495. Super-chancery 2° (290 x 195mm). 140 leaves (A.A1-2, GG.??22-3, e.e3, 6 and 8 lacking and supplied in very neat pen and ink facsimile). Second state, with corrected setting, of quires F (two outermost sheets) and G. Type 1:146Gk. 30 lines. 38 woodcut floral or interlaced headpieces printed from 8 blocks, 40 woodcut Greek initials (20 blocks). (A number of leaves mounted or with margins added, A.A8 with repaired tear, a few small stains and wormholes, washed.) Late 18th-century tree calf, gilt spine with black and red morocco lettering-pieces, marbled endpapers. Provenance : J.J. Middleton (19th-century booklabel).
THEOCRITUS (c.310 - c.250 B.C .). Eclogae triginta . HESIOD (c. 7th century B.C .), Theogonia . And other works in Greek. Edited by Aldus Manutius Venice: Aldus Manutius February 1495. Super-chancery 2° (290 x 195mm). 140 leaves (A.A1-2, GG.??22-3, e.e3, 6 and 8 lacking and supplied in very neat pen and ink facsimile). Second state, with corrected setting, of quires F (two outermost sheets) and G. Type 1:146Gk. 30 lines. 38 woodcut floral or interlaced headpieces printed from 8 blocks, 40 woodcut Greek initials (20 blocks). (A number of leaves mounted or with margins added, A.A8 with repaired tear, a few small stains and wormholes, washed.) Late 18th-century tree calf, gilt spine with black and red morocco lettering-pieces, marbled endpapers. Provenance : J.J. Middleton (19th-century booklabel). Corrected issue of the editio princeps of twelve Theocritean idylls, Theognis, Sentences of the Seven Sages , Hesiod's Theogony and Heracles' Shield . HC *15477; BMC V, 554 (IB. 24408); IGI 9497; Sander 7235; Essling 888; Flodr 80 Theo. 1; Renouard 5.3; Goff T-144
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