Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Tragoediae selectae Aeschyli, Sophoclis, Evripidis
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| Other uniform titles: | Ennius, Quintus.
Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536,
Buchanan, George, 1506-1582,
Rataller, George, 1528-1581,
Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497-1560,
Collin, Rudolf, 1499-1578,
Camerarius, Joachim, 1500-1574,
Portus, Franciscus, 1511-1581,
Garbitius, Matthias, 1505-1559,
Estienne, Henri, 1531-1598,
Fugger, Ulricus, 1526-1584,
Euripides. Hecuba.
Euripides. Hecuba. Latin.
Euripides. Iphigenia in Aulis.
Euripides. Iphigenia in Aulis. Latin.
Euripides. Medea. Latin.
Euripides. Medea.
Euripides. Alcestis. Latin.
Euripides. Alcestis.
Sophocles. Ajax. Latin.
Sophocles. Ajax.
Sophocles. Electra. Latin.
Sophocles. Electra.
Sophocles. Antigone. Latin.
Sophocles. Antigone.
Aeschylus. Prometheus bound.
Aeschylus. Prometheus bound. Latin.
Estienne, Henri, 1531-1598,
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| Provenance: | Erased, illegible former owner's inscription on title page.
Margins ruled in red.
Binding: Gilt tooled vellum over boards; manuscript spine title; manuscript waste visible beneath pastedowns.
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| Notes: | Edited by Henri Estienne; first part consists of verse translations by Erasmus, George Buchanan, and Georg Rotallerus; the second part contains the Greek texts with translations in prose by Melanchthon, Rudolf Collin, Joachim Camerarius, Franciscus Portus, and Matthias Garbitius.
Place of publication from Adams.
All except first iterations of Hecuba and Iphigenia in Aulis have divisional half-titles.
Signatures: pi² a-2a⁸ A-Z⁸ ²A-2N⁸ 2O⁴ 2P².
Page 379 second sequence misnumbered "279"; numerous other errors in pagination.
Title vignette (printer's device); initials.
Pages [1]-[5] third sequence and last page blank.
Includes errata (page 955).
Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries, entry A-269
Renouard, A.A. Annales de l'imprimerie des Estienne, 130.5
Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.), V, columns 913-914
Greek and Latin on facing pages in second grouping.
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