(Auteur de l'antiquité) - Ens. 2 ouvr. édités par les Estienne -Apophthegmata graeca regum & ducum, philosophorum item, aliorúmque quorundam : ex Plutarcho & Diogene Laertio. Cum latina interpr. [...]. [Genève], excudebat Henricus Stephanus,...
Estimation :
150 / 200
Description
1568. In-16° : [32]-703 pp. (foxing, slightly yellowed in the margins, tiny wormholes in the margins, rare small stains). 19th Century binding : red morocco, boards encircled by two gilt fillets, gilt decorated ribbed spine (joints partly split, lack in the upper turn in, corners dulled, blind stamped provenance on upper board).
First edition of this collection of aphorisms and anecdots taken from Plutarch and Diogenes Laertius after the model of Erasmus' apophthegmata. Text in Greek with the Latin translation in juxtaposition by the Venetian humanist Raffaele Regio (c. 14401520). Last work with the mention "Huldrichi Fuggeri typographus" on title-page. The religious Uldrich Fugger (1528-1584) was from 1557 Estienne's protector and financier, helping him in printing his first books. # Renouard 131; # Adams A-1329; # Machiels A-819; # USTC 450567; # not in Soltész. Joint : CAESAR, Caius Julius.- Rerum ab se gestarum commentarii. De bello Gallico [...]. Civili Pompeiano libri [...]. Alexandrino [...]. Africo [...]. Hispaniensi [...]. Lutetiae, ex officina Rob. Stephani, 1544, in-8° sewed (binding lacking, first quires unbound). Copy ruled. ^ Édition originale de cette collection d'aphorismes extraits de Plutarque et Diogène Laërce, avec textes grec et latin. Plein maroquin du 19e s. (lég. jauni, mors part. fendus). Un ouvrage de Jules César joint.
First edition of this collection of aphorisms and anecdots taken from Plutarch and Diogenes Laertius after the model of Erasmus' apophthegmata. Text in Greek with the Latin translation in juxtaposition by the Venetian humanist Raffaele Regio (c. 14401520). Last work with the mention "Huldrichi Fuggeri typographus" on title-page. The religious Uldrich Fugger (1528-1584) was from 1557 Estienne's protector and financier, helping him in printing his first books. # Renouard 131; # Adams A-1329; # Machiels A-819; # USTC 450567; # not in Soltész. Joint : CAESAR, Caius Julius.- Rerum ab se gestarum commentarii. De bello Gallico [...]. Civili Pompeiano libri [...]. Alexandrino [...]. Africo [...]. Hispaniensi [...]. Lutetiae, ex officina Rob. Stephani, 1544, in-8° sewed (binding lacking, first quires unbound). Copy ruled. ^ Édition originale de cette collection d'aphorismes extraits de Plutarque et Diogène Laërce, avec textes grec et latin. Plein maroquin du 19e s. (lég. jauni, mors part. fendus). Un ouvrage de Jules César joint.
