APOLLONIUS RHODIUS (240-186 B.C). Argonauticon libri IIII, in Greek. [Geneva:] Henry Estienne, 1574. 4° (259 x 175mm). In Latin and Greek. Woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut  headpieces and foliated Greek initials. (Occasional light spotting.) 18th-century straight-grained red morocco gilt [by Roger Payne], gilt turn-ins and edges (spine faded). Provenance: Sir John Hayford Thorold, Syston Park (1773-1831, bookplate) -- Thomas Westwood (bookplate).
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APOLLONIUS RHODIUS (240-186 B.C). Argonauticon libri IIII, in Greek. [Geneva:] Henry Estienne, 1574. 4° (259 x 175mm). In Latin and Greek. Woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut headpieces and foliated Greek initials. (Occasional light spotting.) 18th-century straight-grained red morocco gilt [by Roger Payne], gilt turn-ins and edges (spine faded). Provenance: Sir John Hayford Thorold, Syston Park (1773-1831, bookplate) -- Thomas Westwood (bookplate).

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APOLLONIUS RHODIUS (240-186 B.C). Argonauticon libri IIII, in Greek. [Geneva:] Henry Estienne, 1574. 4° (259 x 175mm). In Latin and Greek. Woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut headpieces and foliated Greek initials. (Occasional light spotting.) 18th-century straight-grained red morocco gilt [by Roger Payne], gilt turn-ins and edges (spine faded). Provenance: Sir John Hayford Thorold, Syston Park (1773-1831, bookplate) -- Thomas Westwood (bookplate).

THE SYSTON PARK COPY OF AN IMPORTANT AND BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED EDITION of the Argonautica, including the Greek scholia surrounding the text, as well as 8 pages of textual notes by Estienne. In his dedicatory preface to the Dutch humanist Gerard Falckenburg, Estienne has included additional textual emendation. Adams A-1316; Renouard 141; Schreiber 188.
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