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THEOCRITUS Ταδε ενεστιν, εν τη παρουση βιβλω. Θεοκριτου Εἰδυλλια [Tade enestin, entē garou sē Biblō. Theokritou Eidyllia], 2 parts in one volume, Rome, Zacharias Kallierges for Cornelius Begninus, 1516
4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
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THEOCRITUS
Ταδε ενεστιν, εν τη παρουση βιβλω. Θεοκριτου Εἰδυλλια [Tade enestin, entē garou sē Biblō. Theokritou Eidyllia], 2 parts in one volume, text in Greek, privilege at end in roman type, woodcut printer's and publisher's devices on title and at end, 2 pages with woodcut frames to text, some ink marginalia, nineteenth century morocco, covers gilt-ruled with interlacing ribbons, g.e. [Adams T460], 8vo, Rome, Zacharias Kallierges for Cornelius Begninus, 1516
Footnotes
The second Greek book to be printed in Rome, after Kallierges' 1515 Pindar (q.v.). Theocritus had been printed in Greek by Aldus in 1495 and Giunta in 1515, but this is the first appearance of the Scholia.





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