Description
Aithiopikon biblia deka.
Aethiopicorum libri X. N.pl.
(Heidelb.), H. Commelin, 1596
15,(1),519,(1),48p.,
Size 4 1/4 by 6 3/4
woodcut printer's device
Original blindstamped calf.
Endpapers lacking/ detached; a few leaves slightly (ink) stained;
partly slightly wormholed (mostly in margin).
Binding worn , front hinge split (holding on cords);
title in pen and ink on fore-edge.
Rare bilingual edition of Heliodorus' Aethiopica, the oldest and best of the Greek romances that have come down to us (Encyclopaedia Britannica p.223),
with the first Latin translation by S. WARSZEWICKI
Text in Greek and Latin
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1596 GREEK ROMANCES Heliodorus Aethiopica antique Aithiopikon biblia deka 16th C
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