In Graecorum Epigrammatum Libros Quatuor
by Opsopäus Vincentius
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition
- Seller
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Basel: Nikolas Brylinger, 1540. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition. Early full calf stamped with fleur de lis, lacking ties, well worn, lacking top section of spine strip, corners rubbed with loss, hinges weak, old library label to spine and stamp to title and pocket at rear, Carnegie bookplate, old signature to title, but binding sound overall. Book name penned to page edge - light dampstain early on, but quite clean and fresh internally. (16), 570, (26)pp.
An early edition of the Greek Anthology with one of the first attempts at a commentary - it is scarce in libraries (ca. 20 copies in OCLC), rare in commerce (nothing in the auction record). The author wrote an art of drinking (without getting drunk) and the art of joking. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046830.
An early edition of the Greek Anthology with one of the first attempts at a commentary - it is scarce in libraries (ca. 20 copies in OCLC), rare in commerce (nothing in the auction record). The author wrote an art of drinking (without getting drunk) and the art of joking. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046830.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pazzo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 046830
- Title
- In Graecorum Epigrammatum Libros Quatuor
- Author
- Opsopäus Vincentius
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Full Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Nikolas Brylinger
- Place of Publication
- Basel
- Date Published
- 1540
- Keywords
- Literature & Literary; Antiquarian & Rare. NOISBN
Terms of Sale
Pazzo Books
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About the Seller
Pazzo Books
Biblio member since 2003
Roslindale, Massachusetts
About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
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- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
- First Edition
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Bookplate
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- Calf
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