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DEMOSTHENES (c.385-322 B.C.). [Opera]: Orationes duae & sexaginta, in Greek. Commentaries by Erasmus, Guillaume Budé, and others. Basel: Johann Hervagius, September 1532.
2° (308 x 211mm). Greek and roman types. Woodcut printer's device on title, repeated on final verso, woodcut historiated initials. (First and last few leaves creased, a little light soiling on title, small marginal rust stain/hole in last 6 leaves, one lower corner torn.) 18th-century sprinkled sheep, initials B.C.R. lettered in gilt on front cover, gilt spine, red edges, vellum MS fragments as spine liner (a little scuffed, splits at joints, spine head repaired). Provenance: ?Henry Wyll[?am] (contemporary title inscription, deleted) -- JOHN, LORD LUMLEY (?1534-1609, title inscription, Jayne and Johnson, eds., Lumley Library, no. 1709) -- James P.R. Lyell (bookplate).
First edition with these commentaries, reprinting the Greek text of the 1504 and 1520 Aldine editions. Adams D-261; BLSTC German, p.238; Hoffman I, 508.
2° (308 x 211mm). Greek and roman types. Woodcut printer's device on title, repeated on final verso, woodcut historiated initials. (First and last few leaves creased, a little light soiling on title, small marginal rust stain/hole in last 6 leaves, one lower corner torn.) 18th-century sprinkled sheep, initials B.C.R. lettered in gilt on front cover, gilt spine, red edges, vellum MS fragments as spine liner (a little scuffed, splits at joints, spine head repaired). Provenance: ?Henry Wyll[?am] (contemporary title inscription, deleted) -- JOHN, LORD LUMLEY (?1534-1609, title inscription, Jayne and Johnson, eds., Lumley Library, no. 1709) -- James P.R. Lyell (bookplate).
First edition with these commentaries, reprinting the Greek text of the 1504 and 1520 Aldine editions. Adams D-261; BLSTC German, p.238; Hoffman I, 508.
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