GREEK PRINTED BOOKS
APOLLONIUS RHODIUS (fl. 3rd century B.C.). Argonautica, in Greek. With Scholia. Ed. Franciscus Asulanus. Venice: Aldine Press, April 1521.
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APOLLONIUS RHODIUS (fl. 3rd century B.C.). Argonautica, in Greek. With Scholia. Ed. Franciscus Asulanus. Venice: Aldine Press, April 1521.
Aldine 8° (163 x 100 mm.). Collation: a-n8 (Argonautica, n8 blank); o-z A-D8 E12 (Scholia, E9-10 blank, E11r register and colophon, E12v printer's woodcut device). Greek type. (Several marginal tears mended.) Red morocco gilt, edges gilt, signed Gruel. Provenance: Sylva (armorial stamp); G.J. Arvanitidi (bookplate).
Second edition in Greek (ed. pr.: Florence, Lorenzo de Alopa, 1496). FIRST ALDINE EDITION. Adams A-1312; Hoffmann I, 206.
Aldine 8° (163 x 100 mm.). Collation: a-n8 (Argonautica, n8 blank); o-z A-D8 E12 (Scholia, E9-10 blank, E11r register and colophon, E12v printer's woodcut device). Greek type. (Several marginal tears mended.) Red morocco gilt, edges gilt, signed Gruel. Provenance: Sylva (armorial stamp); G.J. Arvanitidi (bookplate).
Second edition in Greek (ed. pr.: Florence, Lorenzo de Alopa, 1496). FIRST ALDINE EDITION. Adams A-1312; Hoffmann I, 206.