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Henricus Stephanus [Henri Estienne] Geneva, 1566. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 36cm x 23cm. Two large folio volumes. Two volumes. [1] Homer's 'Iliad' (1-410pp); Homer's 'Odyssey' (411-781pp); [2] Hesiod and others (1-489pp) Bound in full best calf over raised bands in period style with blind tooled panels to each of the boards. 4 labels with hand lettering. The text is clean and tidy with good margins, few marks and crisp throughout. This edition, one of Stephanus' most impressive productions, is set in the 'Grecs du roi' typeface of Garamond and comprises Homer's two magnus works, Hesiod's 'Works and Days', the 'Argonautica', the 'Orphic Hymns' and other works. All of our books will be carefully packaged and are shipped courier, insured by us.

Gio. Battista Cestari, 1673. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 'Vita di Esopo Frigio, prudente, & faceto fauolatore.', Venice, 1673. Text translated into Italian by Giulio Landi. 12mo. bound in period paper covered boards; spine mainly missing with raised bands showing and remains of calf at head and foot, remnant of adhesive paper label. Contemporary plain endpapers. 7.5cm x 13.5cm. Text collates complete: 414, [14]pp, with 139 woodcuts within text. The 'Favole di Esopo.', has a separately dated title, but register and pagination are continuous. Both title pages printed within double ruled border with colophon. Binding is firm, rubbed and scuffed, chipped to extremities and corners. Text block is firm, contents generally in good crisp condition; toned with some minor browning, thumbed to edges and corners a bit dog-eared or rounded; B3 somewhat creased at time of printing or binding; scattered worming top inside corner of final three leaves of table at rear and the rear board. Some old ink ownership… Read More