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Isocrates. Orationes, Basel, Michel Isengrin,1550; bound with Camerarius (Joachim) Libellus scolasticus utilis et valde bonus, Basel, Johannes Oporinus, 1551, together 2 works in 1, I. collation: α-γ8, a-z8 A-N8, O4; [48], 563 [i.e. 583], [1] pp., II. collation: A-M8, N10, O4; 214 [i.e. 212], [8] pp., both with woodcut decorated initials, slightly browned, pale water-stain to first leaves of first work, fine contemporary German pigskin over wooden boards, covers blind-tooled and decorated with plaque, lower cover with letters 'NV' and date '1551' stamped in blind, spine with three raised bands, metal clasps intact, 8vo (173 x 107mm.) ⁂ This fine miscellaneous volume, in its strictly contemporary German binding, opens with the edition of Isocrates' Orationes printed by Isengrin, supplemented as an introduction by the Isocratous bios by Plutarch. The present copy is complete with the final leaves containing the Index (often lacking) and belongs to the issue bearing the place and date of printing on the title-page. The second work is a very rare schoolbook edited by the outstanding philologist and editor of Greek classics Joachim Camerarius. It includes a collection of short Greek texts extracted from Theognis, Phytagoras, Simonides and Callimachus. Provenance: ownership inscription barely legible, but dated '28 Aug. 1559' on recto of front free endpaper; engraved ex-libris of Pope Pius VI (1717-1799) on front pastedown. Literature: I. VD16 ZV 8607. II. VD16 C 451.