ULPIAN (fl. 2nd quarter 4th century A.D., attributed to). Commentarioli in Demosthenis orationes, in Greek. -Enarrationes sanequam necessariae in tredecim orationes Demosthenis, in Greek. - HARPOCRATION, Valerius (?2nd century A.D.). Dictionarium decem Rhetorum. Venice: Aldine Press, June 1527.

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ULPIAN (fl. 2nd quarter 4th century A.D., attributed to). Commentarioli in Demosthenis orationes, in Greek. -Enarrationes sanequam necessariae in tredecim orationes Demosthenis, in Greek. - HARPOCRATION, Valerius (?2nd century A.D.). Dictionarium decem Rhetorum. Venice: Aldine Press, June 1527.

2 (307 x 208mm). Printer's device f7 on title, device f6 on final verso. Greek type 3bis:90. 54 lines and headline, double column in Harpocration. Initial spaces with guide-letters. (Faint dampstain at extreme fore-edge of final leaves.) 18th-century diced russia, gilt fillets around sides, spine lettered in gilt, edges stained red and gilt (front cover detached, wear at lower hinge).

Second Aldine edition, reprinted from Aldus's 1503 edition. Harpocration's lexicon is a guide to technical terms in Athenian law and constitutional practice found in the Attic orators; is composition is of uncertain date. Asulanus mentions in his preface having sold out the first edition. Adams V-50; Hoffmann I, 537; Ahmanson-Murphy 213; Renouard Alde 104:4.

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