Lot 37
Photius, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople. Myriobiblon, e Bibliotheke... [graece], contemporary calf, folio, Rouen, [L.Maurry for] J. & David Berthelin, 1653.
Hammer Price: £550
Description
Photius, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople. Myriobiblon, e Bibliotheke... [graece], edited by David Hoeschel, translated into Latin by Andreas Schottus, title and text in Greek and Latin printed in double column, half-title, title in red and black with woodcut device, large engraved coat-of-arms on dedication leaf, woodcut head-pieces and initials, occasional foxing, light water-staining to lower outer corners, front free endpaper torn and repaired, shelf-label of Kimbolton Castle, contemporary calf, spine gilt, rubbed, spine ends a little worn, upper cover detached, folio, Rouen, [L. Maurry for] J. & D.Berthelin, 1653.
⁂ Collection of commentaries by Photius on classical and early Christian texts, first published in Greek in Augsburg in 1601.
Description
Photius, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople. Myriobiblon, e Bibliotheke... [graece], edited by David Hoeschel, translated into Latin by Andreas Schottus, title and text in Greek and Latin printed in double column, half-title, title in red and black with woodcut device, large engraved coat-of-arms on dedication leaf, woodcut head-pieces and initials, occasional foxing, light water-staining to lower outer corners, front free endpaper torn and repaired, shelf-label of Kimbolton Castle, contemporary calf, spine gilt, rubbed, spine ends a little worn, upper cover detached, folio, Rouen, [L. Maurry for] J. & D.Berthelin, 1653.
⁂ Collection of commentaries by Photius on classical and early Christian texts, first published in Greek in Augsburg in 1601.