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Photography Books & Fine Books in All Fields
11:00 AM PT - Dec 12th, 2008

 

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Lot 4791 save

Estienne Edition of Maxiumus of Tyre

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Title: Maximou Turiou Filosofou Platwnikou Logoi ma. Maximi Tyrii Philosophi Platonici Sermones sive Disputationes XLL Graece nunc Primum Editae [bound with:] Maximi Tyrii Philosophi Platonici Sermones sive Diputationes Stephano quamplurimis in locis emendata
Author: Maximus of Tyre
Description: Two works in one volume. [8], 363 [i.e. 263]; [16], 320pp. (8vo)4x6¾, recent full calf binding with raised bands by Phil Dusel, spine gilt and gilt-stamped decorations on covers.41 Greek dissertations on theological, ethical, and other philosophical subjects, by the itinerant Platonist lecturer Maximus of Tyre, reputed to have been the tutor of Marcus Aurelius. The second work, issued by Henri Estienne to accompany the Greek text, is the Latin translation by the Florentine Archbishop Cosimo Pazzi, originally printed in 1517, but here corrected by Estienne. Schreiber 141a, 141b. Schweiger 204. Renouard, p.115, no. 2.
Heading: zzkPlace Published: [Geneva]
Publisher: [H. Estienne]
Date Published: 1557

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Covers show light wear and rubbing; replaced endpapers, insides fresh and clean; overall very good.

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