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SOPHOCLES (c.496-406 B.C.). Tragoediae septem, in Greek. Edited by Henri II Estienne. [Geneva:] Henri Estienne, 1568. 2 parts in one volume, 4º (245 x 146mm). With blank 3g4. Woodcut title device. (Without final blank, some headlines cut close, title a little browned and spotted, a few marks.) 18th-century French green morocco, triple gilt fillet round sides with a large fleuron at corners, spine gilt and with a red morocco lettering-piece (corners rubbed). Provenance: R. Pigon (19th-century ownership inscription) – T.W. Gibson (ownership inscription dated September 1917).
FIRST ESTIENNE EDITION, and an important edition for the scholia, which include those of Triclinius. The Greek text is followed by the commentary of Joachim Camerarius, and his Latin versions of 'Ajax' and 'Elektra'. Adams S-1340; Brunet I:356; Renouard I:102; Updike I:237; Schreiber 171.
FIRST ESTIENNE EDITION, and an important edition for the scholia, which include those of Triclinius. The Greek text is followed by the commentary of Joachim Camerarius, and his Latin versions of 'Ajax' and 'Elektra'. Adams S-1340; Brunet I:356; Renouard I:102; Updike I:237; Schreiber 171.
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