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CONTINENTAL BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS

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Lot 125

EURIPIDES
Τραγωδιαι επτακαιδεκα... Tragoediae septendecim, 2 vol., Aldus Manutius, February 1503

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
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EURIPIDES

Τραγωδιαι επτακαιδεκα... Tragoediae septendecim, 2 vol., mixed set, title in Greek and Latin, text in Greek, 5 blank leaves (as called for), woodcut Aldine device on final verso of both volumes, guide letters in initial spaces, additional vellum free endpapers (resulting in browning of final leaf in each volume), second volume with extensive ink annotations in Greek with some Latin) in an early hand, volume 2 untrimmed, uniform red straight-grain morocco gilt by R.P. Thouvenin (stamped in gilt on spine of volume 1) [Adams E1030; Ahmanson-Murphy 69; Renouard 43,10], 8vo (170 x 95mm.; 178 x 105mm.), Aldus Manutius, February 1503

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EDITIO PRINCEPS of the plays of Euripides, this work including the first appearance of fourteen plays, together with three that had been printed in Florence, c.1495. This copy is described by Renouard (see below) in Catalogue de la bibliothéque d'un amateur, avec notes bibliographiques, critiques, et littéraires (Paris, 1819, vol. 1, p.206), attributing the Greek annotations in the second volume to Baldassar Castiglione, author of Il Cortegiano.

Provenance: Antoine-Augustin Renouard (1765-1853), bookplate "Bibliotheque A.A. Renouard" printed in red with dolphin and anchor.

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