Sale: 359 / Rare Books including Marine Art, Nov. 16./17. 2009 in Hamburg Lot 168

 
Xenophon - Ta sozomena biblia. 1581


168
Xenophon
Ta sozomena biblia. 1581
Estimate:
€ 1,000 / $ 1,080
Sold:
€ 960 / $ 1,036

(incl. surcharge)
Xenophon, Ta sozomena biblia. Quae extant opera. Annotationes Henrici Stephani ... Editio secunda. 2 pts. in 1 vol. With woodcut printer's device on the title and several woodcut initials and decorations in the text. Geneva, H. Estienne 1581/96. Contemp. calf. Folio. 6 ll., 584, 76 pp.; 4 ll., 36 pp., 8 ll., 428 pp., 10 ll. (last blank)
Renouard I, 149. - Adams X 14 and 21. - Schweiger I, 335. - Dibdin II, 566f. - One of the rare copies with Greek and Latin text; in the edition of 1581, the Greek text is followed by the notes of Estienne; the edition of 1596 contains the Latin version (cf. for this compilation Adams X 22). - "The edition of 1581 has more intrinsic value than the preceding one" (Dibdin). - Partly somewhat soiled and waterstained, a few repaired traces of worming and marginal fraying; title verso stamped. Binding split, spine damaged, front cover detached.




168
Xenophon
Ta sozomena biblia. 1581
Estimate:
€ 1,000 / $ 1,080
Sold:
€ 960 / $ 1,036

(incl. surcharge)