AESCHYLUS (525-456 B.C .). Tragoediae VII , edited by P. Vettori & H. Estienne. [Geneva:] H. Estienne, 1557. 4° (251 x 155mm). Woodcut printer's device 15 on title. (Occasional light soiling.) 18th-century calf, gilt spine (few scuff marks and corners lightly bumped). Provenance: Grentemesnit (ownership inscription on title) -- few early annotations.
AESCHYLUS (525-456 B.C .). Tragoediae VII , edited by P. Vettori & H. Estienne. [Geneva:] H. Estienne, 1557. 4° (251 x 155mm). Woodcut printer's device 15 on title. (Occasional light soiling.) 18th-century calf, gilt spine (few scuff marks and corners lightly bumped). Provenance: Grentemesnit (ownership inscription on title) -- few early annotations. FIRST COMPLETE EDITION of Aeschylus. It includes the editio princeps of Agamemnon , the greatest Aeschylean tragedy, and one of the greatest masterpieces of Western dramatic literature. The first three editions (Venice 1518, Venice 1552 and Paris 1552) had been based on a manuscript tradition with a lacuna of more than two-thirds of Agamennon . Pietro Vettori, for the first time, distinguished Agamennon from the next play and Henri Estienne further corrected Vettori's text and contributed 40 pages of very important textual comments (Schreiber). Adams A-265bis; Brunet I, 78; Hoffmann I, 34; Renouard 116:15; Schreiber 145.
AESCHYLUS (525-456 B.C .). Tragoediae VII , edited by P. Vettori & H. Estienne. [Geneva:] H. Estienne, 1557. 4° (251 x 155mm). Woodcut printer's device 15 on title. (Occasional light soiling.) 18th-century calf, gilt spine (few scuff marks and corners lightly bumped). Provenance: Grentemesnit (ownership inscription on title) -- few early annotations.
AESCHYLUS (525-456 B.C .). Tragoediae VII , edited by P. Vettori & H. Estienne. [Geneva:] H. Estienne, 1557. 4° (251 x 155mm). Woodcut printer's device 15 on title. (Occasional light soiling.) 18th-century calf, gilt spine (few scuff marks and corners lightly bumped). Provenance: Grentemesnit (ownership inscription on title) -- few early annotations. FIRST COMPLETE EDITION of Aeschylus. It includes the editio princeps of Agamemnon , the greatest Aeschylean tragedy, and one of the greatest masterpieces of Western dramatic literature. The first three editions (Venice 1518, Venice 1552 and Paris 1552) had been based on a manuscript tradition with a lacuna of more than two-thirds of Agamennon . Pietro Vettori, for the first time, distinguished Agamennon from the next play and Henri Estienne further corrected Vettori's text and contributed 40 pages of very important textual comments (Schreiber). Adams A-265bis; Brunet I, 78; Hoffmann I, 34; Renouard 116:15; Schreiber 145.
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