Pindar. - Olympia. Pythia. Nemea. Isthmia, - Sep 17, 2015 | Bloomsbury Auctions In United Kingdom
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edited by Paul Estienne [and J. Casaubon], text in Greek and Latin and with Greek commentary, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initials and head-pieces, Q4 blank, sig. 3O and Q2 repaired with loss, water-stained, spotted, 19th century tree calf, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip with red morocco label, rubbed, [Adams P1232; Renouard, Estienne, 189:2; Schreiber 268], [Geneva], Paul Estienne, 1599; and a defective copy of the same, small 4to (2) 'Possibly the first book printed by Paul Estienne. This is the first and only Estienne ed. of Pindar in quarto format. The Greek text is newly ed. by P. E. himself, with the assistance of his brother-in-law, J. Casaubon' (Schreiber).
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Pindar. - Olympia. Pythia. Nemea. Isthmia,

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