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SOPHOCLES (ca. 496-406 B.C.). Tragaediae Septem cum commentariis, in Greek. Ed. Aldus Manutius. Venice: Aldus Manutius, August 1502.
8° (160 x 95 mm.). Greek type. Printer's woodcut device. (A few minor stains.). 19th-century English calf, gilt arms of George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland (1758-1833) on front cover, gilt edges, (joints worn). Provenance: Duke of Sutherland (1813 entry, binding); Earl of Cromer (1912 bookplate).
EDITIO PRINCEPS of Sophocles' surviving tragedies: Ajax, Electra, Oedipus tyrannus, Antigone, Oedipus coloneus, Trachiniae, Philoctetes. Aldus's title is misleading as no commentary is included. Renouard 34.6; Hoffmann III, 411; Isaac 12780; Adams S-1438.
8° (160 x 95 mm.). Greek type. Printer's woodcut device. (A few minor stains.). 19th-century English calf, gilt arms of George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland (1758-1833) on front cover, gilt edges, (joints worn). Provenance: Duke of Sutherland (1813 entry, binding); Earl of Cromer (1912 bookplate).
EDITIO PRINCEPS of Sophocles' surviving tragedies: Ajax, Electra, Oedipus tyrannus, Antigone, Oedipus coloneus, Trachiniae, Philoctetes. Aldus's title is misleading as no commentary is included. Renouard 34.6; Hoffmann III, 411; Isaac 12780; Adams S-1438.