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Auction archive: Lot number 59

Aeschylus (c. 525-456 B.C.) [Tragoediae: Graece].Aeschylus (c. 525-456 B.C.) [Tragoediae: Graece].

Estimate
US$500 - US$700
Price realised:
US$1,020
Auction archive: Lot number 59

Aeschylus (c. 525-456 B.C.) [Tragoediae: Graece].Aeschylus (c. 525-456 B.C.) [Tragoediae: Graece].

Estimate
US$500 - US$700
Price realised:
US$1,020
Beschreibung:

Aeschylus (c. 525-456 B.C.) [Tragoediae: Graece]. Paris: Adrien Turnèbe, 1552. Octavo, text in Greek, printed in Garamond's "Grecs du Roi" typeface, in single column throughout, woodcut device on title, bound in later red morocco with elaborate gilt tooling, gilt and gauffered edges, contents lightly browned and toned throughout with occasional spotting, one correction in a contemporary hand, old illegible ink stamp on title, and shelf number inside front board; one corner of binding chipped with loss of leather, front joint cracked, 6 1/4 x 3 7/8 in. Turnèbe, Regius professor of Greek at the Collège Royal in Paris, was appointed printer to the King for Greek works from September 1551 to July 1555, much to the dismay of Charles Estienne. His Greek Aeschylus is considered a reliable edition, correcting mistakes made in the Aldine editio princeps of 1518.

Auction archive: Lot number 59
Auction:
Datum:
1 Jun 2013
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
Beschreibung:

Aeschylus (c. 525-456 B.C.) [Tragoediae: Graece]. Paris: Adrien Turnèbe, 1552. Octavo, text in Greek, printed in Garamond's "Grecs du Roi" typeface, in single column throughout, woodcut device on title, bound in later red morocco with elaborate gilt tooling, gilt and gauffered edges, contents lightly browned and toned throughout with occasional spotting, one correction in a contemporary hand, old illegible ink stamp on title, and shelf number inside front board; one corner of binding chipped with loss of leather, front joint cracked, 6 1/4 x 3 7/8 in. Turnèbe, Regius professor of Greek at the Collège Royal in Paris, was appointed printer to the King for Greek works from September 1551 to July 1555, much to the dismay of Charles Estienne. His Greek Aeschylus is considered a reliable edition, correcting mistakes made in the Aldine editio princeps of 1518.

Auction archive: Lot number 59
Auction:
Datum:
1 Jun 2013
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
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