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1581 GREEK ANCIENT AUTHORS WORK antique Loci communes sacri et profani FOLIO

1581 GREEK ANCIENT AUTHORS WORK antique Loci communes sacri et profani FOLIO

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 STOBAEUS , Joannes

Loci communes sacri et profani sententiarum omnis generis ex authoribus Graecis plus quam trecentis congestarum

Frankfurt: A. Wechel for R. Cambier; 1581

[20]-962-[6] pp.

Large woodcut mark on title and at the end.

Printed in 2 columns with Greek text (near gutter) facing Gesner's Latin translation.


Original hand tooled vellum binding,  somewhat soiled, spine with 6 raised bands and manuscript title, traces of closing ties.

With bookplate to the front pastedown

Very good copy


Frankfurt edition of the Latin translation by the Swiss humanist Gesner (1516-1565) of the valuable collection of extracts from Greek authors compiled by Stobaeus (5th c.), preserving fragments of many works now lost.

-Ref. VD-16 J-773. Adams S-1880. Machiels S-60-

Folio, size: 9 by 13 1/4 inches

Text in Greek and Latin
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