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[ANTHOLOGIA GRAECA]. Florelegium diversorum epigrammatum veterum, in septem libros divisum. Ed. Henri Estienne. [Geneva]: by Huldrich Fugger for Henri Estienne, 1566.
8° (255 x 150mm.). Woodcut device on title (a few leaves slightly soiled, name of Estienne partially erased on some leaves, waterstains at lower margin of some leaves). Original French school prize binding, gold-tooled russet sheep, roll-tool borders, a semé of fleurs-de-lys and pointillé fillets, flat spine similarly decorated, gilt-edges, (somewhat rubbed, ties removed). Provenance: Jacques L'Escot (inscriptions on title, his prize copy for Greek from the Jesuit College of Nivers 4 September 1639, and his bookplate); Paul L'Escot his son (inscriptions and gloss); A. Pascalis (bookplate). Adams A-1187.
8° (255 x 150mm.). Woodcut device on title (a few leaves slightly soiled, name of Estienne partially erased on some leaves, waterstains at lower margin of some leaves). Original French school prize binding, gold-tooled russet sheep, roll-tool borders, a semé of fleurs-de-lys and pointillé fillets, flat spine similarly decorated, gilt-edges, (somewhat rubbed, ties removed). Provenance: Jacques L'Escot (inscriptions on title, his prize copy for Greek from the Jesuit College of Nivers 4 September 1639, and his bookplate); Paul L'Escot his son (inscriptions and gloss); A. Pascalis (bookplate). Adams A-1187.