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Isocrates. Orationes et Epistolae, 3 parts in 1, collation: †4, *6, **4, a-z6, aa-mm6, nn4; AA-LL6, A-C6, D4; α-δ4, a4, b6; [28], 427 [i.e. 425], [1], 131, [1], XXXIIII, [10], 31, [21] pp., text in Greek and Latin, woodcut device on title, woodcut head-pieces including the famous cherub-head, foxed and browned, first 2 leaves shorter, contemporary French calf, single gilt fillet with central gilt laurel wreath, spine with seven raised bands, decorated and lettered in gilt, later endpapers, joints and corners worn and repaired, folio (343 x 227mm.), [Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1593. ⁂ Remarkable bilingual edition printed by the great and learned printer Henri Estienne. The texts were edited by the German humanist Hieronymus Wolf, and supplemented with Estienne's masterful dissertations In Isocratem Diatribae VIII Diatribae. The volume also includes the Oratio Panathenaica and In Romam oratio by Aristides, the Oratio in Helenam by Gorgias, and the Vita Isocratis by Plutarchus. The Isocrates of 1593 "represents Henri's last major work [...] and constitutes his last folio edition of a classical text. It is also the only book to issue from his press that year. Estienne nostalgically recalls more prosperous days in his preface, addressed to Marcus Fuggerus, whom he reminds of his family's former generosity towards him" (Schreiber, p. 181). Provenance: illegible contemporary ownership inscription on title; Pier Luca Bencini (ex-libris on front pastedown). Literature: Adams I 1219; Renouard, Estiennes, 155.1; Schreiber 224; Hoffmann II, 473.