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[ALDINE PRESS]. SOPHOCLES. Tragaediae septem cum commentariis, in Greek. Edited by John Gregoropoulos of Crete. Venice, August 1502 [or the following winter]. Aldine's woodcut dolphin and anchor device on verso of final leaf, 13 modern colored drawings mostly on blanks or divisional titles, some colored initials. 20th-century morocco, g.e. Provenance: P.W. (bookplate). EDITIO PRINCEPS, of fundamental importance both textually and typographically. The Aldine edition remained the most readily available source for study of Sophocles's text until the 19th century, when superior manuscripts became the object of scholarly study. Adams S-1438; Norman 1976.
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[ALDINE PRESS]. SOPHOCLES. Tragaediae septem cum commentariis, in Greek. Edited by John Gregoropoulos of Crete. Venice, August 1502 [or the following winter]. Aldine's woodcut dolphin and anchor device on verso of final leaf, 13 modern colored drawings mostly on blanks or divisional titles, some colored initials. 20th-century morocco, g.e. Provenance: P.W. (bookplate). EDITIO PRINCEPS, of fundamental importance both textually and typographically. The Aldine edition remained the most readily available source for study of Sophocles's text until the 19th century, when superior manuscripts became the object of scholarly study. Adams S-1438; Norman 1976.