A TRANSLATION BY ARTHUR GOLDING WHO INFLUENCED SHAKESPEARE Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564. Sermons of Maister Iohn Caluin, vpon the booke of Iob, translated out of French by Arthur Golding. Londini : impensis Thomas VVoodcocke, 1584. FOLIO. [36], 751, [1] p. ; 32 x 22 cm., Title page relaid with losses, first page of dedication with some losses to header and lower margin repaired, a few pages thumbed, last leaf with lower marginal wear, General note A translation of: Sermons de M. Jean Calvin sur le livre de Job. Colophon reads: Imprinted in London at the three Cranes in the Vintree, by Thomas Dawson, for George Byshop and Thomas VVoodcocke. Anno 1584. Signatures: [superscript pi]Aâ [par.]â 2[par.]â A-Yâ 2A-2Yâ 3A-3Câ . Later three-quarter calf, heavily worn with peeling to spine. RARE in commerce, Ref STC (2nd ed.), 4447 Arthur Golding was an English translator and writer who is best known for his translation of Calvin's sermons on the book of Job. Golding's translation, titled "Certain Sermons of M. John Calvin upon the Book of Job," was published in 1574, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. Golding's translation was one of the earliest English translations of Calvin's sermons on Job, and it played an important role in shaping English Protestant theology in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The translation was widely read and influential, and it helped to establish Calvin as a major figure in English religious thought. Golding's translation is notable for its clarity and accessibility, which made Calvin's complex and difficult sermons more easily understandable to English readers. Golding also sought to preserve Calvin's distinctive style and voice, which he believed were an essential part of the sermons' power and impact. It is believed that Arthur Golding's translations of classical works, particularly his translation of Ovid's "Metamorphoses," had a significant influence on Shakespeare's writing. Shakespeare is known to have drawn on Ovid's "Metamorphoses" for many of his plays, including "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Titus Andronicus," and "The Tempest." While there is no direct evidence that Shakespeare read Golding's translation of Calvin's sermons on the book of Job, it is possible that he was familiar with it. Calvin's ideas were influential in the Protestant community in which Shakespeare lived, and it is likely that Shakespeare was familiar with Calvin's theology and teachings.
Thesaurus Linguae Romane et Britannicae. Henry Wykes for Berthelet, 1565. Folio . [1812] p. 31 x 21 cm. Complete.in Double column, gothic and roman types. 20th century sympathetic binding, some toning, some minor staining, last leaves with some dampostaing. generally a very good copy. FIRST EDITION of a significant Latin-English dictionary from the Elizabethan era, which was founded on the earlier efforts of Sir Thomas Elyot and Robert Estienne. The Queen herself was deeply impressed by the dictionary and contributed to Cooper's career advancement. He went on to become the dean of Christ Church, Oxford, in 1567, then the dean of Gloucester in 1569, and eventually, the bishop of Lincoln in 1571, and the bishop of Winchester in 1584. Dr. Edward Davenant said that "this learned man (Cooper) had a shrew to his wife, who was irreconcileably angrie with him for sitting-up late at night so, compileing his Dictionarie, dedicated to Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, and Chancellor of Oxford). When he had halfe-donne it, she had the opportunity to gett into his studie, tooke all his paines out in her lap, and threw it into the fire, and burnt it. Well, for all that, that good man had so great a zeale for the advancement of learning, that he began it again, and went through with it to that perfection that he hath left it to us, a most usefull worke."
Ovidius Naso (Publius)Heroides, Publii Ouidii Nasonis Heroides. Cum interpretibus Hubertino Crescentio et Iano Parrhasio. Eiusdem Sappho cum Domitio. Eiusdem Ibis cum Christ. Zaroto. Cum enarrationibus Badii Ascensii in haec omnia. Et annotationibus Bap. Egnatii. Addito indice locupletissimo Venice, [in aedibus Francisci Bindonei, & Maphei Pasinei], 1543. 4to., 20 x 15 cm. Complete: [8] 604 [i.e. 602] columns numbered Old limp vellum, 18th century? charming purple mottled edges, title page a bit toned/foxed, some toning, occasional minor stain, generally very good. [Not in Adams; Censimento 16 CNCE 23362], A RARE EDITION. with 3 woodcut illustrations (including one of the seven deals sins of INVIDIA) and a depiction of the earth. This edition with the revered commentary of Hubertinus Crescentius. Publius Ovidius Naso, better known as Ovid, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Emperor Augustus. One of his most famous works is the collection of epistolary poems called the "Heroides" (sometimes spelled "Heroidae" or "Heroidum Epistulae"). The "Heroides" consists of 21 letters written in the voices of heroines from Greek and Roman mythology, addressed to their male lovers who have abandoned them or betrayed them in some way. The women range from well-known figures like Penelope, Dido, and Medea, to lesser-known characters like Sappho and Oenone. The letters are written in elegiac couplets, a form of poetry that was common in ancient Rome. Each letter is a lament, in which the heroine expresses her grief and anger at her lover's betrayal. The letters are full of vivid descriptions of the women's emotions, their past experiences with their lovers, and their current situations. The "Heroides" was an innovative work in its time, as it gave voice to female characters who were often marginalized in the male-dominated literature of the ancient world. The letters also challenged traditional gender roles and presented a more complex and nuanced view of love and relationships.
HOLY BIBLE English. Geneva.The Bible, that is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages. With most profitable annotations vpon all hard places, and other things of great importanceImprinted at London [i.e. Amsterdam] : By the deputies of Christopher Barker, printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, 1599 20 x 16 cm., 17th centurypanelled calf, stamped in blind, worm, hinges weak; title pagestained with lower right corner loss, some toning or occasional stains. added book of Psalms incomplete at end. The Bible itselfis COMPLETE A very good and presentable example, and probably quite an early pirated edition as the OT title page retains the square format over the later heart shaped imported copies of the 1630s. The Bible also contains two handwritten 18th century poems; the first by a woman owner Susanna Pike that lauds knowledge over worldly possessions, and the second by Richard Pike that is a warning against book thieves and a reminder of mortality. The translation that was first printed in 1560 was the Bible that Shakespeare and his contemporaries, as well as the Mayflower Puritans, used. It was called the Geneva Bible, as it was translated by and for English Protestants who escaped to Geneva during the reign of Queen Mary, a Catholic. The Geneva Bible remained the most popular choice for personal use, even after King James commissioned a new official translation in 1611. King James eventually banned the Geneva Bible in 1616, but unauthorized copies continued to be circulated. Although it claims to have been published by Christopher Barker in London in 1599, it was probably an unauthorized edition printed in Amsterdam and smuggled into England in the early 17th century.
NEWTON, Isaac (1642-1727). The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended. To Which is Prefix'd, a Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great. London: J. Tonson, J. Osborn and T. Longman, 1728. Engraved head-piece and initial by P. Foudrinier, 3 folding engraved plates. Contemporary Cambridge panelled calf, rebacked with red morocco spine label; internally some foxing and toning. First edition, A LARGE PAPER COPY, measuring 285 x 222 mm ; i.e. taller than the Babson copy (264mm) and the Green copy (281mm) of the large paper issue. Provenance: Early inscription of a woman owner to the inner boards: Miss. F Sharpe. Ref: Wallis 309. "According to John Conduitt's introductory letter, The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended was Isaac Newton's last personally revised work before his death but had actually been written much earlier. Some of its subject material and contents have led many people to categorize this work as one of Isaac Newton's occult studies." As evidenced by his study of the Temple of Solomon contained within the work, Newton "believed that many ancient sources were endowed with sacred wisdom and that the proportions of many of their temples were in themselves sacred" [Wikipedia].
Ovidio Nason, Publio Metamorphoseon Libri XV. Venice, 1549. Folio, 29 x 21 cm. Later full calf with wear and rubbing, front hinge tender and showing slight separation at top. [6], [340 pgs. of 342; lacking the last leaf with colophon] Woodcuts. Internally, some occasionally edge spotting or toning, but generally very good. One of the most interesting features of the volume is a MANUSCRIPT Latin epitaph written to the back of the title page in an early hand. Provenance: important collector with his charming bookplate of Alfred Wolfgang Ritter Wurzbach von Tannenberg was the son of Alfred von Wurzbach and Eugenie v. Wurzbach, the daughter of the banker Joseph Lippmann von Lissingen. He was a great-grandson of the Ljubljana lawyer Maximilian von Wurzbach, who had been raised to the nobility, and the grandson of the biographical lexicographer Constantin von Wurzbach; earlier likely 17th century signatures to title page, and 16th century ownership signature (crossed out) Rare illustrated edition of the Metamorphosis of Ovid, one of the most influential works in Western culture, The Metamorphoses has inspired such authors as Dante Alighieri, Giovanni Boccaccio, Geoffrey Chaucer, and William Shakespeare.
Memoirs for the ingenious. : Containing several curious observations in philosophy, mathematicks, physick, philology, and other arts and sciences. In miscellaneous letters. / By J. De La Crose, E. A. P. January, 1693. London : Printed for H. Rhodes near Bride-land in Fleet-Street ; and J. Harris at the Harrow in the Poultrey, 1693. Small. 4to, 20 cm x 14.5 cm. Pagination: 33-389 (i. e. 413), 13 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates. This is a near complete run of this rareand interestingperiodical issue in 12 monthly parts in 1 (vol 1 no. 1 is not present). Modern binding of marbled boardsand 1/4 red morocco, later blanks and paste-downs The work consists of epistolary dialogues between Lacroze and scientists and mathematicians of the day, several being members of The Royal Society. The subjects are varied and fascinating, including using divining wands to find murderers, gravity, the divisibility of matter, unusual biting flys, etc. Interesting and readable insight into English science at the dawn of the Enlightenment.
[MANUSCRIPT] English 17th century Scientific Manuscript, in Latin in paper, with some additions in Greek. c. 1687-88. Small 8vo. approx. 18 x 11 cm, 82 lvs., written throughout on recto and verso in a neat legible hand, with a few blanks. Provenance: Signed on rear paste-down in several places: Edward Baldwyn, 1687. Coll. Wadh. This corresponds with Edward Baldwin , son of Francis Baldwyn, of the Inner Temple , who succeeded to the Abbey estate , Shrewsbury 1701, and is listed as attending Wadham College, Oxford. The inner front paste-down bears an attractive manuscript Tree of Porphyry. Contemporary calf, rebacked in a sympathetic manner. It is perhaps coincidental, but nevertheless interesting, that this scientific manuscript was written the year of publication of Newton's Principia. While it adheres to classical Aristotelian models with sections on Logic, Physics, Metaphysics, Ethics, and Cosmography (mentioning America), it is noteworthy that the author attended Wadham College at a time of fast paced scientific enquiry and discovery. Amongst Wadham's most famous alumni is Sir Christopher Wren. Wren was one of a brilliant group of experimental scientists at Oxford in the 1650s, the Oxford Philosophical Club, which included Robert Boyle and Robert Hooke. This group held regular meetings at Wadham College under the guidance of the warden, John Wilkins, and the group formed the nucleus which went on to found the Royal Society.
BOTTA (Carlo). Storia delle guerra della independeza degli Stati Uniti di America. Milano, Nicolo Bettoni, 1820, 3 vols. 8 vo., 20.5 x 13 cm. 2 large fold-out maps, contemporary vellum, red morocco spine label; internally some occasional toning or browning. When John Adams asked in 1815 "Who will write the history of the American Revolution?", one of the unlikely candidates was an Italian historian, whose History of the American Revolutionary War is one of the first accurate historical works on this issue. Botta's work was based on contemporary documents and material largely supplied by Lafayette. Ref: Graesse, I, 505 For fun book pics Follow me on IG @rarebookbuyer or for more in-depth discussions my YOUTUBE CHANNEL under "Adam Weinberger Books". I also offer FREE EVALUATIONS of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
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Boccaccio, G. Genealogiae deorum gentilium. Venice, Bonetus Locatellus for Octavianus Scotus, 7 March 1494, 2 parts in 1 vol. (with continuous foliation). (i.e. Venetiis ductu & expensis Nobilis uiri. D. Octauiani Scoti ciuis Modoetie[n]sis. M.CCCC.XCIIII. Septimo kalendas Martias finis i[m]positus fuit huic operi. per Bonetum Locatellum.) Folio. 30 x 20 cm. Complete: 162 lvs., 13 woodcut genealogical tables, lovely woodcut ornamental capitals and unusual small initials. 18th century binding, spine very worn with losses on spine, likely later faux wood-grained paper over boards. First blank detaching from text block, some thumbing, non obtrusive lower inner margin water stain running through one third of book, a few minor stains and some pages foxed, but generally very good. Ref: Goff B-753; Hain/ Copinger 3321. Boccaccio's mythological encyclopedia in 15 volumes was written around 1350-75 is a visual and erudite compilation of the tangled family relationships of the classical pantheons of Ancient Greece and Rome. The present edition is particularly interesting due to the fact that it contains "De montibis", the first printed geographical encyclopedia of this kind with an index of the mountains, rivers, sources, forests, lakes and oceans which are mentioned in treatises by ancient authors; it was published separately for the first time in 1473. This is the RARE FIRST ISSUE by Scotus dated 7 March 1494. A 23. February 1494/95 is sometimes mistakenly given precedence but that was published almost a year later according to the Julian calendar. The genealogical trees are are regarded as the earliest known secular ones. The work is "humanist in spirit and medieval in structure". (Ref: Encyclopædia Britannica) For fun book pics Follow me on IG @rarebookbuyer or for more in-depth discussions my YOUTUBE CHANNEL under "Adam Weinberger Books". I also offer FREE EVALUATIONS of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Phelps's National Map of the United States, A Travellers Guide. Embracing the Principal Rail Roads, Canals, Steam Boat & Stage Routes, Throughout the Union, 1847. 14 x 9 cm. Full black calf and gilt, some light rubbing, few small stains to title page, some stains to map. Rear board DETACHED with map at hinge. Generally, an attractive copy. The 1847 issue has a completely re-engraved map that extends to the Great Plains and includes part of Texas with two large unnamed regions extending northward, presumably the Indian territories and western Wisconsin Territory. It is accented on the periphery by alternating state seals and important historical figures. Increasingly scarce in commerce, especially in good condition. The text itself delineates seven hundred railroad routes and captures the unbelievably brisk territorial expansion and development of the country as it approached the mid 19th century. Ref: Howes #P-291.
NAPIER, Charles Sir
NAPIER, Charles Sir. War in Syria. London: John Parker, West Strand 1842. 8vo., 19 x 12 cm. [xlviii, 300; xii, 333], bound without the advertisements. Full polished calf, spines gilt, small chip to upper hinge spine of volume 2, some slight spine discoloration, hinges very tender and starting to separate. VERY RARE FIRST EDITION of an eye-witness account of the Egyptian-Ottoman War of 1839-1841. Ref: Blackmer 1179 The war and diplomatic crisis that illustrated a pattern of politics by which no major changes would be made in the Middle East unless countenanced by Europe "In 1839, the Ottoman Empire moved to reoccupy lands lost to Muhammad Ali in the First Turko-Egyptian War. The Ottoman Empire invaded Syria, but after suffering a defeat at the Battle of Nezib appeared on the verge of collapse. On 1 July, the Ottoman fleet sailed to Alexandria and surrendered to Muhammad Ali. Britain, Austria and other European nations, rushed to intervene and force Egypt into accepting a peace treaty. From September to November 1840, a combined naval fleet, made up of British and Austrian vessels, cut off Ibrahim's sea communications with Egypt, followed by the occupation of Beirut and Acre by the British. On 27 November 1840, the Convention of Alexandria took place. British Admiral Charles Napier reached an agreement with the Egyptian government, where the latter abandoned its claims to Syria and returned the Ottoman fleet. Napier, without reference to his admiral or the British government, personally negotiated a peace with Muhammad Ali. The treaty guaranteed Muhammad Ali and his heirs the sovereignty of Egypt, and pledged to evacuate Ibrahim's beleaguered army back to Alexandria, if Muhammad Ali in turn renounced all claims to Syria, submitted to the Sultan and returned the Ottoman fleet. 'I do not know if I have done right in settling the eastern question', Napier wrote on 26 November to Lord Minto, the First Lord of the Admiralty.[8] Stopford repudiated the arrangement immediately when he had heard the news; the Sultan and the British ambassador were furious, and several of the Allied powers declared it void. Nevertheless, the formal treaty later concluded and confirmed on 27 November was essentially a ratification of Napier's original, and his friend Lord Palmerston congratulated Napier"
[EDUCATION] [P.B. SHELLEY] ][P. B. Shelley] Letters from a nobleman to his son, during the period of his education at Eton and Oxford. London: : Printed for Richard Phillips, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars., 1810. By Gillet and Son, Crown-court, Fleet-street. 2 vols. 12 mo., 17.5 x 10.5 cm., 19th century marbled boards and calf with some wear, front boards detached; internally some toning or spotting, pp. 155-170 slightly crushed and minor loss on inner margin. Generally, despite aforementioned condition flaws, a not unreasonable and an unsophisticated set. Pagination: Volume I: viii, 328 pages. Volume II: vii, [1], 359 [that is, 357], [7] pages. Page iv is incorrectly paginated as vi in volume I. Page 357 incorrectly paginated as 359. A RARE 18th CENTURY ENGLISH EDUCATION MANUAL: OCLC cites 11 copies. No copies in the auction records for over 40 years. This evidently anonymous publication, with echoes of Chesterfield, has particular importance to the educational milieu of Eton and Oxford and particularly of P.B. Shelley. Shelley education's at Eton is well documented. He fared poorly, and was "subjected to an almost daily mob torment at around noon by older boys, who aptly called these incidents "Shelley-baits". Surrounded, the young Shelley would have his books torn from his hands and his clothes pulled at and torn until he cried out madly in his high-pitched "cracked soprano" of a voice. This daily misery could be attributed to Shelley's refusal to take part in fagging and his indifference towards games and other youthful activities. Because of these peculiarities he acquired the nickname "Mad Shelley". Harcourt's An Eton Bibliography (p. 11) notes only two works published regarding Eton or by Eton alumni during 1810; this set and Shelley's first published anonymous work, the Gothic novella Zastrozzi. It is fascinating how out of the disciplined academic structure at Eton that these "Letters" promote that Shelley could have conceived of Zastrozzi, "one of the most savage and improbable demons that ever issued from a diseased brain."
Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Earl of; Forrester, James . Lord Chesterfield's advice to his son, on men and manners, or, A new system of education : in which the principles of politeness, and the art of acquiring a knowledge of the world, are laid down in a plain, easy, and familiar manner : to which are annexed, The polite philosopher, or, An essay on the art which makes a man happy in himself, and agreeable to others : also, Lord Burghley's ten precepts to his second son, Robert Cecil, afterwards the Earl of Salisbury.:Philadelphia : Printed for T. Dobson ., 1789. Note: James Forrester wrote The polite philosopher. Signatures: pi⁴A-S⁶T². Description: 225 fo 227, [1] pages lacking 103/4 in chapter on Lying ; 18mo., 13 cm. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF LORD CHESTERFIELD'S MASTERPIECE OF EDUCATION AND CONDUCT Original calf with "GR" [George Richards] incised in leather and signatures on blanks of George and Alexander Richards and New York 1804 to inner front board. Internally with some toning, but generally a pleasing copy and despite the missing page, a VERY RARE book. Despite it being a very successful education manual, Samuel Jonson derided it for teaching the ""the morals of a whore." Ref: AAS. 90236
Moore, John.
[Frankenbook] Moore, John . A view of society and manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany : with anecdotes relating to some eminent characters. :[Boston] : Printed at the Apollo Press, in Boston, by Belknap and Young, for David West, no. 36, Marlborough Street, and Ebenezer Larkin, Jun. no. 50, Cornhill., MDCCXCII. [1792] 8vo., 21 x 12 cm., (xx, 430, [2] pages Dedicated to Douglas, Duke of Hamilton. Errors in paging: p. 187, 215 misnumbered 178, 115. Some signature starting to detach form text block and some general toning. Belknap's 18th century Apollo Press rather shamelessly imitated the style and typography of Bell's innovative Scottish press of the same name. 18th century Americans often looked toward their European counterparts for inspiration and cultivation. The copy here presents a lovely contrast between a work on elegant European manners and society in a less refined and delightfully stitched American binding known as a Frankenbook.
Buenting, Heinrich.
Bünting [ Buenting ], Heinrich. Itinerarium totius Sacræ Scripturæ. Or, the trauels of the holy patriarchs, prophets, iudges, kings, our sauiour Christ, and his Apostles, as they are related in the Old and New Testaments. With a description of the townes and places to which they trauelled, and how many English miles they stood from Ierusalem. Also a short treatise of the weights, monies, and measures mentioned in the Scriptures, reduced to our English valuations, quantitie, and weight. Collected out of the workes of Henry Bunting, and done into English by R.B.[raithwaite] London : Printed by Adam Islip, 1636. 4to., 21.5 x 16cm., ([6], 206, 209-570, [5] pages). Contemporary sprinkled calf, corners worn, backstrip with some loss, some damp-sating and worming through center or letterpress, only lightly affecting letters. Contemporary purchase inscription to recto of first blank of James Parvish with an apparently unpublished 6 line anti-Turkish stanza in manuscript. 1702 STC 4020. Very Rare in Commerce. $1750
[EARLY TENNESSEE IMPRINT ] Carter, J. E. The Botanic Physician, or, Family medical adviser : being an improved system, found on correct physiological principles : comprising a brief view of anatomy, physiology, pathology, hygieine [sic], or art of preserving health : a materia medica, exclusively botanical, containing a description of more than two hundred and thirty of the most valuable vegetable remedies : to which is added a dispensatory, embracing more than two hundred recipes for preparing and administering medicine : the diseases of the United States, with their symptoms, causes, cures, and means of prevention : likewise, a treatise on the diseases peculiar to women and children :Madisonville, Ten. : Published by B. Parker & Co., 1837. 8 vo., 20 x 13 cm. 688 pgs. Contemporary calf worn, moderate to considerable browning throughout due to inexpensive paper, dam- stain to lower third of last 100 lvs. but not too obtrusive, some manuscript notations to paste-downs and blanks. Ref: S&S 43581; Tennessee Imprints 629. Noted as an early Madisonville, Tennessee printing. VERY RARE IN COMMERCE; last and only copy in 30 years sold in 1999. NLM copy noted as defective. Provenance: 19th century inscription of James & Julia Hamby. $2750
BRATHWAITE, Richard (1588?-1673). Ar't Asleepe Husband: A boulster lecture stored with all variety of witty jeasts, merry tales, and other pleasant passages. London: by R[ichard] Bishop for R[ichard] B[est], 1640. 8vo., 16 x 10.5 cm. Engraved frontispiece by W. Marshal in facsimile and pp. 317-318 (one leaf) in facsimile for the Huntington Library copy. This is a variant issue of STC (2nd ed.), 3555 and the first issue, "with the text ending with the errata on Y4v, prior to its being reimposed to Z2 to accommodate the later added "Postscript"'. Ref STC 3555 (variant); ESTC S106153; Grolier/Wither to Prior 86. Very attractive 19th century purple straight-grained morocco and gilt, all edges gil,t some rubbing to hinges. Provenance: The Syston Park Copy from the Valuable Library of the Late Sir John Hayford Thorold, Bart. The Binding is by R. Storr, with his ticket, whom Di Ricci charmingly called one of the "worst provincial binders that England has ever known" (albeit this is a handsome specimen). Despite the aforementioned two leaves in facsimile, the books imperfections are greatly outweighed by its superb provenance from one of England's greatest private collections. Braithwaite, the Westmorland poet, wrote this satirical work love and marriage as a collection of moralizing stories. It described the so-called curtain or boulster lecture when a scolding wife relentlessly lectures her husband in the quiet moments before he falls asleep. The curtains kept away drafts in the bed and reputedly allowed the scolding to have a measure of privacy. As such, the book offers a window in to early English behavioral norms and customs.
Dickens, Charles. American Notes for General Circulation. London: Chapman and Hall, 1842. Two volumes. 8vo., 20 x 12.5 cm. Original publisher's reddish-brown cloth, spines lettered in gilt, covers stamped in blind with minor stains, corners very lightly bumped shine lightly faded, very minor evidence of peeling. Generally, a near fine and bright set. Contemporary ink inscription of J. H. H. Foley to front yellow paste-down, some light foxing. Housed in a cloth slipcase, slightly worn to morocco bands. First edition, first state with second Contents page in volume 1 mis-numbered "xvi" (owing to a last minute decision to pull the preface, ) and 6pp. of advertisements at the end of volume 2. Not common in commerce in bright condition
[GREEK PRINTING] PINDAR. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia. Rome: Zacharias Kallierges for Cornelio Benigno, 13 August 1515. 4to., 237 x 160 mm., wide-margined. Greek type throughout. Text surrounded by commentary. Kallierges and Benigno devices on title, a different Kallierges device on final verso, a few woodcut initials, also some capital-spaces with guide letters. Late 17th century mottled calf and gilt spine, some rubbing to hinges. Overall, a very fine and particularly large copy of the FIRST BOOK TO BE ENTIRELY PRINTED IN GREEK IN ROME. It is the celebrated second edition, but the first with the important scholia of the Epicinia (Odes of Victory), a collection of 44 odes divided into four books. The printer Kallierges of Crete went from Venice to Rome, and under the protection of People Leo X, produced this remarkable volume. He records in the colophon that the book was published at the expense of Augustino Chigi and at the urgings of the learned Cornelio Benigno of Venice. Hoffman III, 97; Adams P-1219.
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