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Greek philosophy] - PYTHAGORAS - Poemata Pythagorae et Phocylidis. Cum duplici interpretatione Viti Amerpachii, & postrema eiusdem recognitione. Lyon, J. de Tournes & G. Gazeau, 1556, 8vo, cont. limp vellum (sm. def.), bottom edge titled, 228 (= 128) pp. (paper age-toned, somewhat dampstained, sm. wormtrack in blank inner margin of quires f-g). Good copy.
Very rare Lyon ed. of the philosophical verses of Pythagoras and Phocylides, together with the Latin translation of the German humanist Veit Amerbach (1503-1557), 1st publ. Strasburg 1539. Titel within border of type ornaments. Printed in italics, with Greek text, Latin translation, and Latin commentary. Old ownership entries on title and at the end. Ref. Pettegree FB 84059. SvGültlingen (De Tournes) 351 = Cartier 343. Hoffmann III:512. Not in Adams, STC French (BL).