Lot 677
Hesiod, Opera, quae quidem extant, omnia Graece, cum interpretatione latina e regione. Basel (1544).
Estimate
€ 400
Starting Price
€ 260
Lot:
677
Category:
Old prints up to 1600
Artist:
Hesiod
Hesiod: Opera, quae quidem extant, omnia Graece, cum interpretatione latina e regione, ut conferri a graecae linguae studiosis citra negocium possint. Basel: (J. Oporinus 1544). 16,4 x 10,3 cm. 4 leaves, 373 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 16 leaves (sheets: a⁴, a–z⁸, A–B⁸, C³). Blind-stamped pigskin on three bands over wooden covers, with two intact metal clasps.
(Stained and mottled. Endpapers replaced. The first few leaves in the binding are slightly loose. Title page is stained and bears several handwritten ownership marks and notes. Flying endpaper and 4 leaves added later, with handwritten notes or a copy of the *Prolegomena in Hesiodum*. Slight water stains along the edges. Tanned and showing slight age, finger and ink stains in places. With some marginal notes.)
VD16 H 2681. - An early Basel edition and the second complete Greek edition of Hesiod’s works published outside Italy. With the Greek text and Latin translation printed side by side. A reprint of the first edition of 1542, with the page layout remaining the same apart from minor variations.
(Stained and mottled. Endpapers replaced. The first few leaves in the binding are slightly loose. Title page is stained and bears several handwritten ownership marks and notes. Flying endpaper and 4 leaves added later, with handwritten notes or a copy of the *Prolegomena in Hesiodum*. Slight water stains along the edges. Tanned and showing slight age, finger and ink stains in places. With some marginal notes.)
VD16 H 2681. - An early Basel edition and the second complete Greek edition of Hesiod’s works published outside Italy. With the Greek text and Latin translation printed side by side. A reprint of the first edition of 1542, with the page layout remaining the same apart from minor variations.