Lot 2
Aeschylus. Tragoediae Septem, Latin translation and commentary by Thomas Stanley, 1663; and another (2)
Hammer Price: £300
Description
Aeschylus. Tragoediae Septem, Latin translation and commentary by Thomas Stanley, text in Latin and Greek, half-title, title in red and black, lacking plate (as often), occasional light soiling, the odd spot or small rust-hole but very good generally, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered in 19th century morocco, [Wing A684], James Flesher for Cornelius Bee, 1663; and the 1694 edition of Euripides, lacking one of the portraits, folio (2)
⁂ The first Stanley edition and the first of Aeschylus printed in England.
Description
Aeschylus. Tragoediae Septem, Latin translation and commentary by Thomas Stanley, text in Latin and Greek, half-title, title in red and black, lacking plate (as often), occasional light soiling, the odd spot or small rust-hole but very good generally, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered in 19th century morocco, [Wing A684], James Flesher for Cornelius Bee, 1663; and the 1694 edition of Euripides, lacking one of the portraits, folio (2)
⁂ The first Stanley edition and the first of Aeschylus printed in England.
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