Euripidis Tragoediae, quae hodie extant, omnes …

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Very good, moderate wear to covers, remains of old label on front cover, short wormhole to the ffep and title page not affecting text, old owner’s stamp to title page, Melanthonis name traced over in ink on the title page, some toning and scattered staining to pages. Contemporary full brown mottled calf, red spine label, gilt spine decorations, edges stained red, marbled endpapers. 8vo., 17×10.5 cm. Latin text. Preface by Philip Melanchthon, Introduction by Guilielmus Xylander. The extant works of Euripides in the scarce Basel edition printed by the noted humanist printer Oporinus, publisher of the first printed Latin Koran. weight: 1.4 lb. Ionem Oporinum. Basileae. 1558. [16], 586; 428 pp. E praelectionibus Philippi Melanthonis ; cum praefatione Gvilielmi Xylandri Augustani.