ESTIENNE, Henri (printer & editor) -- Greek Anthology: Florilegium diversorum epigrammatum veterum, in septem libros divisum. [Geneva:] Henri Estienne for Huldrich Fugger, 1566.

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ESTIENNE, Henri (printer & editor) -- Greek Anthology: Florilegium diversorum epigrammatum veterum, in septem libros divisum. [Geneva:] Henri Estienne for Huldrich Fugger, 1566.

4 (255 x 150mm). Large woodcut device on title. (Light spotting to title.) 18th-century red morocco, covers with border of small swags and stylised flower-heads, the flat spine divided into seven sections, lettered in the second, the others with overall patterning using various rolls and small tools, gilt turn-ins, g.e. (light scuffing to extremities). Provenance: Thomas Lambarde (bookplate).

A fine copy of a "Belle dition qui prsente un texte entirement revu" (Brunet). Adams A-1187; Brunet 1.308.

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