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Lot 43
Moschopoulos (Manuel) De Ratione examinandae orationis libellus [graece], first edition, Greek text, Paris, Robert Estienne, 1545.
Hammer Price: £700
Description
Moschopoulos (Manuel) De ratione examinandae orationis libellus, collation: a-z4, A-I4K6; 216, [52] pp., first edition, title with printer's woodcut basilisk device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, with final colophon leaf, Greek text, title lightly soiled, otherwise a very clean copy, almost detached from binding, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, spine titled in manuscript, rubbed and soiled, small 4to, (250 x 180mm.), Paris, Robert Estienne, 1545.
⁂ A handsome example of Greek printing by the printer of Greek to François I. Moschopoulus was a Byzantine commentator and grammarian.
"Editio princeps of this important Byzantine grammatical text, the second in Robert Estienne's programme of printing important unpublished Greek texts from manuscripts in the Royal Library. Beautifully printed in 'grec du roi'". (Schreiber).
Literature: Adams M1838; Renouard, Estienne, 64:11; Schreiber 86.
Description
Moschopoulos (Manuel) De ratione examinandae orationis libellus, collation: a-z4, A-I4K6; 216, [52] pp., first edition, title with printer's woodcut basilisk device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, with final colophon leaf, Greek text, title lightly soiled, otherwise a very clean copy, almost detached from binding, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, spine titled in manuscript, rubbed and soiled, small 4to, (250 x 180mm.), Paris, Robert Estienne, 1545.
⁂ A handsome example of Greek printing by the printer of Greek to François I. Moschopoulus was a Byzantine commentator and grammarian.
"Editio princeps of this important Byzantine grammatical text, the second in Robert Estienne's programme of printing important unpublished Greek texts from manuscripts in the Royal Library. Beautifully printed in 'grec du roi'". (Schreiber).
Literature: Adams M1838; Renouard, Estienne, 64:11; Schreiber 86.
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