The Property of Western Reserve Academy
ISOCRATES. [Greek]. Orationes et epistolae [edited by Henri Estienne, translated by Hieronymus Wolf]. [Geneva:] H. Estienne, 1593. Woodcut printer's device on title, printed in Greek and Latin in double column, capital initials within woodcut frames, woodcut head- and tail-piece ornaments, with C6 blank, 2 parts in one volume, folio, 338 x 211 mm. (13 5/16 x 8 3/8 in.), contemporary calf, arms of Johannes, Count of Salm-Reifferscheidt, gilt blocked on covers, gilt blocked azuré cornerpieces, spine in six compartments with small gilt fleurons, g.e., very worn, joints split, board edges rubbed, endpapers renewed, some light spotting, creasing to corners of Gg1-3, lacking final blank. Adams I-219; Brunet III, 467 ("édition estimée"); Renouard Estienne I, 155; Schreiber Estiennes 224.
Details
ISOCRATES. [Greek]. Orationes et epistolae [edited by Henri Estienne, translated by Hieronymus Wolf]. [Geneva:] H. Estienne, 1593. Woodcut printer's device on title, printed in Greek and Latin in double column, capital initials within woodcut frames, woodcut head- and tail-piece ornaments, with C6 blank, 2 parts in one volume, folio, 338 x 211 mm. (13 5/16 x 8 3/8 in.), contemporary calf, arms of Johannes, Count of Salm-Reifferscheidt, gilt blocked on covers, gilt blocked azuré cornerpieces, spine in six compartments with small gilt fleurons, g.e., very worn, joints split, board edges rubbed, endpapers renewed, some light spotting, creasing to corners of Gg1-3, lacking final blank. Adams I-219; Brunet III, 467 ("édition estimée"); Renouard Estienne I, 155; Schreiber Estiennes 224.
Provenance
Count Johann Salm-Reifferscheidt, Governor of Nancy, supra-libros, given by him as a prize to Joannes a Jubainvilla, a pupil of the Jesuit College of Pont à-Mousson, on 20 Nov. 1599, inscription on front flyleaf, with seal -- Gerard Gilloys, student prefect, inscription on same flyleaf.