Live auction - Lot 1184
[Greek poetry]
Epigrammata graeca selecta ex Anthologia [...].
ESTIENNE, Henri
€ 300 / 350
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Lot description
[Geneva], H. Estienne, 1570
8vo: [8]-311-[1] pp.
Later vellum, flat spine with labels, red edges.
Only edition of this selection of 260 Greek epigrams from the "Florilegium diversorum epigrammatum veterum" by Maxime Planude (Geneva, 1566). The Latin prose versions are accompanied by verse versions written by Estienne and Paulus Melissus Schedius. The publisher had not asked the Council for permission to publish this text, which led to a stay in prison. He was specifically accused of having published an epigram against Jean Crespin.
Ref. GLN15-16 2407. - USTC 450604. - Adams E-246. - Schreiber, Estiennes, 177. - Opac KBR.