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Opera quae extant omnia, 3 vol. in 2 (one and 3 together)

10 November 2009, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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Opera quae extant omnia, 3 vol. in 2 (one and 3 together), parallel text in Latin and Greek, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, short tear repaired to title (not touching text), light dampstaining to upper margin towards end of volume 2, bookplate of Steuart of Allanton, eighteenth century calf, spine gilt in compartments, rubbed at extremities of spine [Adams P1439; Renouard, p.445], folio (380 x 237mm.), [Geneva], H. Estienne, 1578

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An important edition of the complete works. Estienne himself collated the Greek text, and edited the Latin translation of Jean de Serres, a student at Calvin's Academy in Geneva.

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