Description
Estienne printing.- Thucydides. De Bello Peloponesiaco libri VIII, collation: ¶6 ¶¶4 a-z6 aa-zz6 aaa-nnn6 ooo4, [20], 621 [14] [1] 73 [7] pp., double column Greek and Latin text, woodcut device on title, foxed and browned, 2ff. in sig.ss misbound, 17th century morocco, regilded and rebacked, folio, 348 x 221mm., [Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1588.
⁂ Second Estienne edition, better than the one he printed in 1564.
Literature: Adams T667; PMM 102; Renouard 152/3; Schreiber 216.
Lot 33
Estienne printing.- Thucydides. De Bello Peloponesiaco libri VIII, [Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1588.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500
Description
Estienne printing.- Thucydides. De Bello Peloponesiaco libri VIII, collation: ¶6 ¶¶4 a-z6 aa-zz6 aaa-nnn6 ooo4, [20], 621 [14] [1] 73 [7] pp., double column Greek and Latin text, woodcut device on title, foxed and browned, 2ff. in sig.ss misbound, 17th century morocco, regilded and rebacked, folio, 348 x 221mm., [Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1588.
⁂ Second Estienne edition, better than the one he printed in 1564.
Literature: Adams T667; PMM 102; Renouard 152/3; Schreiber 216.