Odes. Title in Greek: Olympia, Pythiam Nemea, Isthmia

by Pindar

$9,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Woodcut printers' devices of Benigno and Callierges on title-page, the later repeated on verso of last leaf, A3 printed in black only, without blanks ι6 and θ10. 4to. Later 18th-century vellum, vellum spine label titled in gilt surrounded by roll border, shelfmark ticket at tail-end of spine. Title leaf dusty and lightly soiled, sporadic soiling and staining throughout. Early marginalia in Greek throughout, partially trimmed in places. Provenance: Fr. H. Van Bergen ownership signature

• Binding: Leather

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