Hecvba, & Iphigeniain Aulide Euripidis tragoediae in latinum tralatae Erasmo Roterodamo interprete

by Euripides

$12,500 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

Venetiis: in aedibus Aldi Mense Decembri, 1507. The first Aldine edition, first edition of any of Erasmus's translations of Euripides, and only the second of his many translations of classical authors; 8vo approx. 158 x 94 mm ; 80 leaves; collating: pi8 a-i8; woodcut anchor & dolphin device on the title page; initial spaces with guide-letters; inverted A for V in 'Hecvba' on title page; Erasmus's name inked out on title page, and on leaves pi2r, a1r, d1r

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