Description
Timaeus, Locrus. Animo mundi, & natura, collation: A-B8, title in Greek and Latin, text in Greek, title with woodcut basilisk device, woodcut decorative initials, Paris, Guillaume Morel, 1555 bound with Timaeus, Locrus. De Animo Mundi et Natura, collation: A8 B4 (final f. blank), text in Latin, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initials, Paris, Guillaume Morel, 1562, together 2 works in 1 vol., marginal repairs, some staining, later limp vellum, stained, 8vo (159 x 105mm.)
⁂ Two rare works. The first work is the first separate edition in Greek and heavily annotated (both inter-linear and marginal) by a contemporary scholar. Morel was the king's printer in Greek.
Literature: Adams T715 & T716.
Lot 88
Timaeus, Locrus (), Animo mundi, & natura, 1555.
Hammer Price: £1,500
Description
Timaeus, Locrus. Animo mundi, & natura, collation: A-B8, title in Greek and Latin, text in Greek, title with woodcut basilisk device, woodcut decorative initials, Paris, Guillaume Morel, 1555 bound with Timaeus, Locrus. De Animo Mundi et Natura, collation: A8 B4 (final f. blank), text in Latin, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initials, Paris, Guillaume Morel, 1562, together 2 works in 1 vol., marginal repairs, some staining, later limp vellum, stained, 8vo (159 x 105mm.)
⁂ Two rare works. The first work is the first separate edition in Greek and heavily annotated (both inter-linear and marginal) by a contemporary scholar. Morel was the king's printer in Greek.
Literature: Adams T715 & T716.