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Lot 147

PINDAR
[Odes] Lyricorumque omnium principis, Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia, Basel, Andreas Cratander

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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PINDAR

[Odes] Lyricorumque omnium principis, Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia, 1528; Pindari olympia, pythia, nemea, isthmia, edited by Jacob Ceporinus and Ulrich Zwingli, text in Greek (excepting title in Greek and Latin, preface in Latin), with blank leaf *6, dampstain to final 120 leaves (mostly lower margin, heavier touching letters towards end) [Adams P1222], 1526, 2 works bound in 1 vol. woodcut device on titles and final versos, woodcut initials, contemporary blindstamped calf, metal catches on lower cover (lacks hasps and straps), rebacked, retaining the ?late fifteenth century illuminated manuscript fragments used as endpapers, 8vo, Basel, Andreas Cratander

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Pindar's Odes in both Latin and Greek, for which Ulrich Zwingli wrote the preface and afterword addressed to students of languages, suggesting that the study of classical texts could help with the interpretation of biblical texts.

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