Demosthenes & Aeschines. Principum Graeciae oratorum opera, cum utriusque autoris vita, & ulpiani commentariis, novisque scholiis, edited by Hieronymus Wolff, 6 parts in 1 vol., fourth edition, parallel Greek and Latin text, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of otherwise blank final f., large woodcut diagram to ?6v, woodcut historiated and decorative initials, penultimate colophon f., title all but neatly detached, some spotting and staining, the latter most pronounced in final part, but not obscuring text, lightly browned, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, spine in compartments and with later black leather label, lacking metal clasps, spine with split to pigskin at head and worn at foot, outer edges worn, soiled and marked, but solid, [Adams D268; Schweiger 87; VD 16 D 486], folio, Basel, Eusebius Episcopius, 1572.
⁂ Fourth and best edition, which won for Wolff an excellent reputation among contemporary scholars. Contributors include Guillaume Morel and Johannes Oporinus.
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